File Object in Python
5 Related: Open function python Synonyms: File like objects Streams Related: Difference between File and Stream? Summary(jak): These are just like another object with standard methods or interfaces- read(), write(), etc - . They allow interactions with underlying resource through the standard interface. File object https://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html#term-file-object An object exposing a file-oriented API (with methods such as read() or write()) to an underlying resource. Depending on the way it was created, a file object can mediate access to a real on-disk file or to another type of storage or communication device (for example standard input/output, in-memory buffers, sockets, pipes, etc....