READ: Drivers

Drivers

Understanding Drivers

You've already learned about input/output devices. Different types of devices communicate in different ways. You can almost think of your computer as being like the UN (United Nations). Your scanner speaks a different language than your printer. You printer speaks a different language than your monitor. In order to control all of these different types of devices, your computer operating system uses whats called DEVICE DRIVERS.

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Device drivers are small software applications that translate and manage communications between the computer operating systems and the various input/output devices attached to it.