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.
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.
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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.