Kios (also known as Cius) was an ancient Greek town bordering the Propontis (now known as the Sea of Marmara), and had as such a long history, being mentioned by Homer, Aristoteles and Strabo. An important chain in the ancient silk road, it became known as a wealthy town. There are only few remnants of the ancient town and its harbour today. Somewhat more to the west, the new Turkish town of Gemlik can be found. Ancient Greek refers to the stage in the history of the Greek language corresponding to Classical Antiquity, which normally applies on two ancient periods of Greek history: Archaic and Classic Greece. ... Map of the Sea of Marmara Satellite view of the Sea of Marmara The Sea of Marmara (Turkish: Marmara Denizi, Modern Greek: Θάλασσα του ΜαÏμαÏά or Î Ïοποντίδα) (also known as the Sea of Marmora or the Marmara Sea) is an inland sea that connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea, thus separating the... Bust of Homer in the British Museum For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... This article needs cleanup. ... Strabo (squinty) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. ... Gemlik (Kios, Cius gr. ...
The only contact the user has with KIO is (possibly) through password dialogs, progress indicators, which allow an upload or download to be cancelled, and in the worst case an error dialog, if a file is not present or a server is not reachable.
Requests to KIO usually take the form of a URL, where the first element establishes the protocol to be used.
KIO's developers have created an infrastructure that allows KDE applications and components to be compiled on different platforms such as Linux (SuSE, Red Hat,...) but also Solaris and FreeBSD.
Ang Mo Kio is a heartland new town located in north central Singapore, and is generally within the North-East Region.
Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 is at the eastern part of the town Ang Mo Kio.
Likely the second suffix "kio" 桥 ("bridge" or "bridges" in Hokkien) was added to the prefix "Ang Mo" 红毛 as an additional description to indicate a more precise location that residents would recognize i.e.红毛桥.
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