<s>
Conduit	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
synchronization	B-Application
program	O
for	O
GNOME	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
synchronise	O
photos	O
on	O
the	O
users	O
computer	O
with	O
various	O
websites	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Flickr	B-Algorithm
,	O
Picasa	O
and	O
SmugMug	B-Algorithm
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
of	O
Conduit	B-Language
aim	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
complete	O
solution	O
to	O
keeping	O
all	O
of	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
information	O
synchronized	O
,	O
regardless	O
of	O
where	O
and	O
how	O
the	O
data	O
is	O
stored	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
creating	O
a	O
generic	O
framework	O
for	O
synchronization	B-Application
,	O
current	O
problems	O
with	O
synchronization	B-Application
may	O
be	O
avoided	O
where	O
the	O
tools	O
are	O
specific	O
to	O
a	O
device/website/software	O
and	O
so	O
the	O
information	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
moved	O
in	O
a	O
very	O
restricted	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conduit	B-Language
works	O
by	O
having	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
data	O
providers	O
and	O
data	O
conversions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
user	O
tries	O
to	O
connect	O
a	O
source	O
data	O
provider	O
and	O
a	O
sink	O
data	O
provider	O
,	O
Conduit	B-Language
will	O
try	O
to	O
allow	O
this	O
connection	O
using	O
the	O
conversions	O
it	O
has	O
available	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conduit	B-Language
uses	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
fundamental	O
data	O
types	O
so	O
that	O
a	O
conversion	O
only	O
has	O
to	O
be	O
created	O
once	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
reused	O
for	O
any	O
data	O
providers	O
that	O
use	O
that	O
data	O
type	O
.	O
</s>
