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KIO (KDE Input/Output) is a system
KIO API documentation
A Quick and Easy Guide to KDE KIO slaves
by Tavis J. Hampton KDE Frameworks KDE Platform {{KDE-stub
KIO (KDE Input/Output) is a system library
A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vir ...
incorporated into KDE Frameworks 5 and KDE Software Compilation 4
KDE Software Compilation 4 (KDE SC 4) was the only series of the so-called KDE Software Compilation (short: KDE SC), first released in January 2008 and the last release being 4.14.3 released in November 2014. It was the follow-up to K Desktop En ...
. It provides access to files, web sites and other resources through a single consistent API
An application programming interface (API) is a way for two or more computer programs to communicate with each other. It is a type of software Interface (computing), interface, offering a service to other pieces of software. A document or standa ...
. Applications, such as Konqueror and Dolphin
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, 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, effectively making KDE network-transparent. This allows for an application like Konqueror to be both a file manager as well as a web browser.
KIO slaves are libraries that provide support for individual protocols (e.g. HTTP
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application layer protocol in the Internet protocol suite model for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web, ...
, FTP
The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard communication protocol used for the transfer of computer files from a server to a client on a computer network. FTP is built on a client–server model architecture using separate control and data ...
, SMB, SSH
The Secure Shell Protocol (SSH) is a cryptographic network protocol for operating network services securely over an unsecured network. Its most notable applications are remote login and command-line execution.
SSH applications are based on a ...
, FISH
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, SFTP, SVN, TAR
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).
The KDE manual app KHelpCenter has a KIOSlaves section that lists the available protocols with a short description of each.
See also
*GIO
Gio or GIO may refer to:
People
* Gio (nickname)
* Gio (footballer, born 1984), Spanish
* Gio (singer) (born 1990)
* Gio people, an ethnic group in northeastern Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire
Science and technology
* Gi/o, protein subunits
* GIO, ...
and GVfs
GVfs (abbreviation for GNOME virtual file system) is GNOME's userspace virtual filesystem designed to work with the I/O abstraction of GIO, a library available in GLib since version 2.15.1. It installs several modules that are automatically use ...
– provides equivalent functionality for GNOME
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, XFCE and Cinnamon
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References
External links
KIO API documentation
A Quick and Easy Guide to KDE KIO slaves
by Tavis J. Hampton KDE Frameworks KDE Platform {{KDE-stub