<s>
KIO	B-Language
(	O
KDE	B-Application
Input/Output	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
system	B-Library
library	I-Library
incorporated	O
into	O
KDE	B-Language
Frameworks	I-Language
5	I-Language
and	O
KDE	B-Language
Software	I-Language
Compilation	I-Language
4	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
access	O
to	O
files	O
,	O
web	O
sites	O
and	O
other	O
resources	O
through	O
a	O
single	O
consistent	O
API	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applications	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Konqueror	B-Application
and	O
Dolphin	B-Application
,	O
which	O
are	O
written	O
using	O
this	O
framework	O
,	O
can	O
operate	O
on	O
files	O
stored	O
on	O
remote	O
servers	O
in	O
exactly	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
as	O
they	O
operate	O
on	O
those	O
stored	O
locally	O
,	O
effectively	O
making	O
KDE	B-Application
network-transparent	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
for	O
an	O
application	O
like	O
Konqueror	B-Application
to	O
be	O
both	O
a	O
file	O
manager	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KIO	B-Language
slaves	I-Language
are	O
libraries	O
that	O
provide	O
support	O
for	O
individual	O
protocols	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
WebDAV	B-Protocol
,	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
SMB	B-Language
,	O
SSH	B-Protocol
,	O
FISH	B-Protocol
,	O
SFTP	B-Protocol
,	O
SVN	B-Application
,	O
TAR	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
KDE	B-Application
manual	O
app	O
KHelpCenter	O
has	O
a	O
KIOSlaves	B-Language
section	O
that	O
lists	O
the	O
available	O
protocols	O
with	O
a	O
short	O
description	O
of	O
each	O
.	O
</s>
