<s>
GIO	B-Architecture
(	O
Gnome	B-Application
Input/Output	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
library	B-Library
,	O
designed	O
to	O
present	O
programmers	O
with	O
a	O
modern	O
and	O
usable	O
interface	O
to	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
file	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
applications	O
to	O
access	O
local	O
and	O
remote	O
files	O
with	O
a	O
single	O
consistent	O
API	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
designed	O
"	O
to	O
overcome	O
the	O
shortcomings	O
of	O
GnomeVFS	B-Application
"	O
and	O
be	O
"	O
so	O
good	O
that	O
developers	O
prefer	O
it	O
over	O
raw	O
POSIX	O
calls.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
GIO	B-Architecture
serves	O
as	O
low-level	O
system	B-Library
library	I-Library
for	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
Shell/GNOME/GTK	O
software	O
stack	O
and	O
is	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
The	O
GNOME	B-Application
Project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
maintained	O
as	O
a	O
separate	O
library	B-Library
,	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
bundled	O
with	O
GLib	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIO	B-Architecture
is	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
subject	O
to	O
the	O
requirements	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
abstract	O
file	O
system	O
model	O
of	O
GIO	B-Architecture
consists	O
of	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
interfaces	O
and	O
base	O
classes	O
for	O
I/O	O
and	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
support	O
for	O
network	O
programming	O
,	O
including	O
name	O
resolution	O
,	O
lowlevel	O
socket	O
APIs	B-Application
and	O
highlevel	O
client	O
and	O
server	O
helper	O
classes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
support	O
for	O
connecting	O
to	O
D-Bus	B-Language
,	O
sending	O
and	O
receiving	O
messages	O
,	O
owning	O
and	O
watching	O
bus	O
names	O
,	O
and	O
making	O
objects	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
bus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beyond	O
these	O
,	O
GIO	B-Architecture
provides	O
facilities	O
for	O
file	O
monitoring	O
,	O
asynchronous	B-Architecture
I/O	I-Architecture
and	O
filename	O
completion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
interfaces	O
,	O
GIO	B-Architecture
provides	O
implementations	O
for	O
the	O
local	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Implementations	O
for	O
various	O
network	O
file	O
systems	O
are	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
GVfs	B-Language
package	O
as	O
loadable	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
