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KIO (KDE
KDE

KDE is a free software project based around its flagship product, a desktop environment for Unix-like systems. The goal of the project is to provide basic desktop functions and applications for daily needs as well as tools and documentation for developers to write stand-alone applications for the system....
 Input/Output
Input/output

In computing, input/output, or I/O, refers to the communication between an information processing system , and the outside world ? possibly a human, or another information processing system....
) is part of the KDE
KDE

KDE is a free software project based around its flagship product, a desktop environment for Unix-like systems. The goal of the project is to provide basic desktop functions and applications for daily needs as well as tools and documentation for developers to write stand-alone applications for the system....
 architecture. It provides access to files, web sites and other resources through a single consistent API
Application programming interface

An application programming interface is a set of subroutine, data structures, class and/or Protocol provided by library and/or operating system Service s in order to support the building of applications....
. Applications, such as Konqueror
Konqueror

Konqueror is a web browser, file manager and file viewer designed as a core part of the KDE. It is developed by volunteers and can run on most Unix-like operating systems....
 which are written using this framework can operate on files stored on remote servers in exactly the same way as they operate on those stored locally. This allows for a file browser like Konqueror to both be a highly versatile and powerful file manager as well as a web browser.

KIO slaves are programs that provide support for individual protocols (e.g.






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KIO (KDE
KDE

KDE is a free software project based around its flagship product, a desktop environment for Unix-like systems. The goal of the project is to provide basic desktop functions and applications for daily needs as well as tools and documentation for developers to write stand-alone applications for the system....
 Input/Output
Input/output

In computing, input/output, or I/O, refers to the communication between an information processing system , and the outside world ? possibly a human, or another information processing system....
) is part of the KDE
KDE

KDE is a free software project based around its flagship product, a desktop environment for Unix-like systems. The goal of the project is to provide basic desktop functions and applications for daily needs as well as tools and documentation for developers to write stand-alone applications for the system....
 architecture. It provides access to files, web sites and other resources through a single consistent API
Application programming interface

An application programming interface is a set of subroutine, data structures, class and/or Protocol provided by library and/or operating system Service s in order to support the building of applications....
. Applications, such as Konqueror
Konqueror

Konqueror is a web browser, file manager and file viewer designed as a core part of the KDE. It is developed by volunteers and can run on most Unix-like operating systems....
 which are written using this framework can operate on files stored on remote servers in exactly the same way as they operate on those stored locally. This allows for a file browser like Konqueror to both be a highly versatile and powerful file manager as well as a web browser.

KIO slaves are programs that provide support for individual protocols (e.g. HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol

Hypertext Transfer Protocol is an application-level protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. Its use for retrieving inter-linked resources led to the establishment of the World Wide Web....
, FTP
File Transfer Protocol

File Transfer Protocol is a network protocol used to transfer data from one computer to another through a network such as the Internet.FTP is a file transfer protocol for exchanging and manipulating files over a Transmission Control Protocol computer network....
, SMB
Samba (software)

Samba is a free software re-implementation of Server Message Block Computer networking protocol , originally developed by Australian Andrew Tridgell....
, SSH
Secure Shell

Secure Shell or SSH is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two networked devices. Used primarily on Linux and Unix based systems to access shell accounts, SSH was designed as a replacement for TELNET and other Computer security remote Shell s, which send information, notably passwords, in...
, FISH, SVN, TAR
Tar (file format)

In computing, tar is both a file format and the name of the program used to handle such files. The format was created in the early days of Unix and standardized by POSIX.1-1988 and later POSIX.1-2001....
).

The protocols page in Kinfocenter
Kinfocenter

Kinfocenter is a utility in KDE that provides information about a computer system.Before KDE 3.1 it was integrated with the control center. Most of the options were originally designed for Linux, but many have been ported to other operating systems....
 provides a list of protocols available on the machine.

See also

  • GVFS
    GVFS

    GVFS is a replacement for GnomeVFS, the GNOME Virtual File System. Still in development as of , it optionally allows supported virtual file systems to be mounted through Filesystem in Userspace....
     - GNOME Virtual File System


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