### 4.1 Transfer variable within the local machine over an Octave stream

Loadable Function: fsave (fid, var)

  Save a single variable to a binary stream, to be subsequently loaded with fload. Returns true if successful. Not suitable for data transfer between machines of different type.

Loadable Function: var = fload (fid)

  Loads a single variable of any type from a binary stream, where it was previously saved with fsave. Not suitable for data transfer between machines of different type.