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5 | 5 | > Stability: 2 - Stable
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| -Prior to the introduction of [`TypedArray`] in ECMAScript 2015 (ES6), the |
| 7 | +Prior to the introduction of [`TypedArray`] in [`ECMAScript 2015`] (ES6), the |
8 | 8 | JavaScript language had no mechanism for reading or manipulating streams
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9 | 9 | of binary data. The `Buffer` class was introduced as part of the Node.js
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10 | 10 | API to make it possible to interact with octet streams in the context of things
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213 | 213 | `Buffer` instances are also [`Uint8Array`] instances. However, there are subtle
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| -incompatibilities with the TypedArray specification in ECMAScript 2015. |
| 214 | +incompatibilities with the TypedArray specification in [`ECMAScript 2015`]. |
215 | 215 | For example, while [`ArrayBuffer#slice()`] creates a copy of the slice, the
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216 | 216 | implementation of [`Buffer#slice()`][`buf.slice()`] creates a view over the
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217 | 217 | existing `Buffer` without copying, making [`Buffer#slice()`][`buf.slice()`] far
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292 | 292 | ## Buffers and ES6 iteration
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| -`Buffer` instances can be iterated over using the ECMAScript 2015 (ES6) `for..of` |
| 294 | +`Buffer` instances can be iterated over using the [`ECMAScript 2015`] (ES6) `for..of` |
295 | 295 | syntax.
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297 | 297 | Example:
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2755 | 2755 | [RFC1345]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1345
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2756 | 2756 | [RFC4648, Section 5]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4648#section-5
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2757 | 2757 | [WHATWG Encoding Standard]: https://encoding.spec.whatwg.org/
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| 2758 | +[`ECMAScript 2015`]: https://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/6.0/index.html |
2758 | 2759 | [iterator]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Iteration_protocols
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