Editing KIO

{{Short description|System library}}
{{Infobox software
| title                  = KIO
| name                   = KDE Frameworks
| logo                   = KDE mascot Konqi for network applications.png
| developer              = [[KDE]]
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| programming language   = [[C++]]
| genre                  = System library
| website                = {{URL|kde.org}}
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[[File:Linux kernel System Call Interface and glibc.svg|thumb|As the [[GNU C Library]] serves as a wrapper for [[Linux kernel]] [[system call]]s, so does '''KIO''' serve as a further wrappers for its specific tasks.]]
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'''KIO'''  ('''KDE Input/Output''') is a system [[library (computing)|library]] incorporated into [[KDE Frameworks]] and [[KDE Software Compilation 4]]. It provides access to files, web sites and other resources through a single consistent [[Application programming interface|API]].  Applications, such as [[Konqueror]] and [[Dolphin (file manager)|Dolphin]], 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 transparency|network-transparent]]. This allows for an application like Konqueror to be both a file manager as well as a web browser.

'''KIO&nbsp;Slaves''' (renamed to '''KIO&nbsp;Workers''' during the development of [[KDE Frameworks 6]]
<ref>{{cite web |title=Remove the KIO "slave" terminology |url=https://phabricator.kde.org/T14234 |website=KDE Phabricator |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>)
are libraries that provide support for individual [[Protocol (computing)|protocols]] (e.g. [[WebDAV]], [[File Transfer Protocol|FTP]], [[Samba (software)|SMB]], [[Secure Shell|SSH]], [[Files transferred over shell protocol|FISH]], [[SSH File Transfer Protocol|SFTP]], [[Subversion (software)|SVN]], [[tar (file format)|TAR]]).

The KDE manual app KHelpCenter has a ''KIOSlaves'' (''KIOWorkers'' in Frameworks 6) section that lists the available protocols with a short description of each.

== See also ==
* [[GIO (software)|GIO]] and [[GVfs]] – provides equivalent functionality for [[GNOME]], [[XFCE]] and [[Cinnamon (software)|Cinnamon]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kio/html/index.html KIO API documentation]
* [https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio Source Code]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130926214852/http://www.maketecheasier.com/quick-easy-guide-to-kde-kio-slaves/2009/08/17 A Quick and Easy Guide to KDE KIO slaves], by Tavis J. Hampton

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