Что (кто) такое device driver - определение

COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT OPERATES OR CONTROLS A PARTICULAR TYPE OF DEVICE

Device Driver; Device drivers; Software driver; 16-bit driver; 32-bit driver; Hardware drivers; Hardware driver; Kernel driver; Linux device driver; Virtual device drivers; Device Driver Interface; Computer driver; Driver software; Generic USB driver; BYOVD; Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver

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)

Device driver

In computing, a device driver is a computer program that operates or controls a particular type of device that is attached to a computer or automaton. A driver provides a software interface to hardware devices, enabling operating systems and other computer programs to access hardware functions without needing to know precise details about the hardware being used.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_driver

Proprietary device driver

CLOSED-SOURCE DEVICE DRIVER PUBLISHED ONLY IN BINARY CODE

Binary blobs; Binary-only driver; Proprietary device driver

A proprietary device driver is a closed-source device driver published only in binary code. In the context of free and open-source software, a closed-source device driver is referred to as a blob or binary blob.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_device_driver

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Device driver

In computing, a device driver is a computer program that operates or controls a particular type of device that is attached to a computer or automaton. A driver provides a software interface to hardware devices, enabling operating systems and other computer programs to access hardware functions without needing to know precise details about the hardware being used.

A driver 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 (drives it). 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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device driver