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<title
>Protocols</title>

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>&Lauri.Watts;</author>
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><firstname
>Malcolm</firstname
><surname
>Hunter</surname
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>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email
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>Conversion to British English</contrib
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>KDE</keyword>
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>Protocols</keyword>
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>IOSlaves</keyword>
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<sect1 id="protocols">
<title
>Protocols</title>

<para
>On the left of the panel you will see a list of the IOSlaves that are installed on your system. IOSlaves are how &kde; applications <quote
>talk</quote
> to other computers, other applications, or act on files.</para>

<para
>Clicking on an IOSlave name will display some help information about that IOSlave, such as how to use it, and what it does.</para>

<para
>The protocols module is purely informational, you cannot change any settings here.</para>

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