[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

device driver
     n : computer science a program that determines how a computer
         will communicate with a peripheral device syn: driver
see also:
driver 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

device driver
     
         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
     
     
see also:
software peripheral magnetic disk magnetic tape register interrupt handler 
operating system kernel 

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