# 9.1 IO backend

All the access to files, network, debugger, etc.. is wrapped by an IO abstraction layer that allows to interpret all the data as if it was a single file.

The IO backend is implement as IO plugins. They are selected depending on the uri file.

    # debug this file using the debug io plugin
    $ radare dbg:///bin/ls

    # allocate 10MB in a malloc buffer
    $ radare malloc://10M

    # connect to remote host
    $ radare connect://192.168.3.33:9999