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What does cout and cin stand for? (i know What the do) What disrurbs me is if they are acronyms for a certain word

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13th Sep 2017, 9:54 PM
Nduta
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C OUT equals print C IN equals Input
13th Sep 2017, 10:57 PM
Melih Melik Sonmez
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the out and in are obviously output and input. the c according to the creator of c++ stands for character the exact quote is: "cout" is pronounced "see-out". The "c" stands for "character" because iostreams map values to and from byte (char) representations.
13th Sep 2017, 10:08 PM
Enzo
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I was under the assumption that the c was for console, not character, since both cin and cout are used with the console.
14th Sep 2017, 2:16 AM
Zeke Williams
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Thanks alot guys i now understand. I really appreciate. Any challenges are accepted
19th Sep 2017, 4:32 AM
Nduta
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