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There are many classes having this provider suffix. (Data,membership,modelmetadata,…).
When should be a class called as a provider class ?
Providers mostly are between your logic and data stores of any kind (database, xml, etc.). MSDN mentions:
For more information: Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Providers: Introduction
For example:
In stead of working with a database or XML, you want to work with flat file storage on a disk somewhere within your network. To manage this you build a custom provider and use it within your logic to save the data.