NounWikipedia has an article on: Device driverPlural device drivers device driver (plural device drivers)
From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. In computing, a device driver or software driver is a computer program allowing higher-level computer programs to interact with a hardware device. A driver typically communicates with the device through the computer bus or communications subsystem to which the hardware connects. 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. PurposeA device driver simplifies programming by acting as a translator between a hardware device and the applications or operating systems that use it. Programmers can write the higher-level application code independently of whatever specific hardware device it will ultimately control, because code and device can interface in a standard way, regardless of the software superstructure or of underlying hardware. Every version of a device, such as a printer, requires its own hardware-specific specialized commands. In contrast, most applications utilize devices (such as a file to a printer) by means of high-level device-generic commands such as PRINTLN (print a line). The device-driver accepts these generic high-level commands and breaks them into a series of low-level device-specific commands as required by the device being driven. Furthermore, drivers can provide a level of security as they can run in kernel-mode, thereby protecting the operating system from applications running in user-mode. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License How come when i download a device driver into a flash drive then but to another it doesn't work? Q. like device driver for a printer I download it to a flash drive but then i go t another computer and it doesn't seemed to install properly. it try's to unzip but it later says it can't locate the device driver or something like that. Asked by Javier C - Fri Jan 22 23:59:19 2010 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. If you can t find the right drivers manually I would recommend just getting a software program that can do it for you. There is a program I use which will find drivers for just about all hardware devices. The best part is it takes a snapshot of your system specifications and matches the right driver to go with it. Perform a free driver scan at: Answered by coco - Sat Jan 23 03:20:43 2010 What can I do to stop blue screen errors caused by a device or driver when system recovers from serious error? Q. My system is Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2. I have tried downloading/installing the latest updates and device drivers , removed any new software, regularly update and scan for viruses, checked my hard disk for errors, restored computer to different restore points, run disk clean up every day, run disk defragmenter often, run registry cleaners and driver updates, and I don't have any new hardware to remove. Asked by cuchicoo - Wed Mar 25 02:42:35 2009 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments A. Could be a problem with device drivers, hardware or software. This problem can be solved by uninstalling new software, updating device drivers and making minor configuration changes . From . You can also run a free registry scan using utilities from Answered by Mar T - Thu Mar 26 20:58:20 2009 Where can i obtain the programmers manual for RAM, Hard disk and other device driver components?
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