device driver
interface for a peripheral device, program which allows an operating system to communicate with a hardware device | ||||
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Device Driver Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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device driver
<operating system> Software to control a hardware component or peripheral device of a computer such as a magnetic disk, magnetic tape or printer.
A device driver is responsible for accessing the hardware registers of the device and often includes an interrupt handler to service interrupts generated by the device.
Device drivers often form part of the lowest level of the operating system kernel, with which they are linked when the kernel is built. Some more recent systems have loadable device drivers which can be installed from files after the operating system is running.
(1994-10-27)
<operating system> Software to control a hardware component or peripheral device of a computer such as a magnetic disk, magnetic tape or printer.
A device driver is responsible for accessing the hardware registers of the device and often includes an interrupt handler to service interrupts generated by the device.
Device drivers often form part of the lowest level of the operating system kernel, with which they are linked when the kernel is built. Some more recent systems have loadable device drivers which can be installed from files after the operating system is running.
(1994-10-27)
| A Glossary of Internet & PC Terminology |
Device Driver
Software that allows the PC to talk to hardware devices such as the printer & the Mouse. If you buy a new Printer it will come complete with a Disk containing the necessary Device Drivers.
Software that allows the PC to talk to hardware devices such as the printer & the Mouse. If you buy a new Printer it will come complete with a Disk containing the necessary Device Drivers.
| Multimedia Glossary |
device driver
a special section of computer code that translates the more general commands from an operating system or user programs into the exact code needed by a specific peripheral device
a special section of computer code that translates the more general commands from an operating system or user programs into the exact code needed by a specific peripheral device
| Jensen's Technology Glossary |
Device driver
Software that controls the communications between a computer program and various hardware devices such as the sound card, the video card, the CD-ROM player, the MIDI, disk drives, etc.
Software that controls the communications between a computer program and various hardware devices such as the sound card, the video card, the CD-ROM player, the MIDI, disk drives, etc.
Device Driver Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| WordNet 2.0 |
device driver
Noun
1. (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
(synonym) driver
(hypernym) utility program, utility, service program
(classification) computer science, computing
Noun
1. (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
(synonym) driver
(hypernym) utility program, utility, service program
(classification) computer science, computing
| hEnglish - advanced version |
device driver
device driver
n : (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device [syn: driver]
device driver
n : (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device [syn: driver]
Device Driver Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Device driver
A device driver, or software driver is a computer program allowing higher-level computer programs to interact with a computer hardware device.
A driver typically communicates with the device through the computer bus or communications subsystem to which the hardware is connected. When a calling program invokes a routine in the driver, the driver issues commands to the device. Once the device sends data back to the driver, the driver may invoke routines in the original calling program. Drivers are hardware-dependent and operating-system-specific. They usually provide the interrupt handling required for any necessary asynchronous time-dependent hardware interface.
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