device driver

device driver

English

Noun

device driver (plural device drivers)

1. (computing) software, supplied with the operating system or by a hardware manufacturer, that communicates between the operating system of a personal computer and a specific hardware device
   • 1978, Dennis M. Ritchie, Unix Time-Sharing System, page 2064:

     The identity of the device driver process is returned by the process manager to the file manager […]

Translations

software that communicates between operating system and hardware

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