2007-01-04 19:52:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
The answer can be filled with jargon, but to put it in a way that is easy to understand. Your computer needs to be told what it is communicating with, how to communicate and what language to use.
A driver basically links a device to a computer, not by cable, but by saying to the computer 'Hello I am your new printer, I live at this address and if you talk binary language to me we should get along just fine'.
2007-01-04 20:09:13 · answer #1 · answered by Corneilius 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A device driver, or a software driver is a specific type of computer software, typically developed to allow interaction with hardware devices. This usually constitutes an interface for communicating with the device, through the specific computer bus or communications subsystem that the hardware is connected to, providing commands to and/or receiving data from the device, and on the other end, the requisite interfaces to the operating system and software applications.
Often called simply a driver, it is a specialized hardware dependent computer program, which is also operating system specific, that enables another program, typically an operating system or applications software package, to interact transparently with the given device. It usually provides the requisite interrupt handling required for any necessary asynchronous time-dependent hardware interfacing needs.
2007-01-05 03:55:28 · answer #2 · answered by Max 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A device driver, or a software driver is a specific type of computer software, typically developed to allow interaction with hardware devices. This usually constitutes an interface for communicating with the device, through the specific computer bus or communications subsystem that the hardware is connected to, providing commands to and/or receiving data from the device, and on the other end, the requisite interfaces to the operating system and software applications.
Often called simply a driver, it is a specialized hardware dependent computer program, which is also operating system specific, that enables another program, typically an operating system or applications software package, to interact transparently with the given device. It usually provides the requisite interrupt handling required for any necessary asynchronous time-dependent hardware interfacing needs.
2007-01-05 03:54:18 · answer #3 · answered by The Man With No Face 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A device driver, or a software driver is a specific type of computer software, typically developed to allow interaction with hardware devices
2007-01-05 03:56:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a driver is a program that the computer needs 2 run a device.
2007-01-05 03:57:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A driver is a file that instructs your computer on using a certain device eg. graphic/sound. as computers get updated u r required to update the driver for optimal performance. It usually comes with the device as a disk/program that runs it.
2007-01-05 03:56:09 · answer #6 · answered by mslenora 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A driver is a software that is used to run a hardware device.
basically a driver supports the functioning of a hardware device.
2007-01-05 03:56:25 · answer #7 · answered by Nirav J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consider it as what drives hardware to work. When you get an accessory for the computer, the software that comes with it is the driver.
2007-01-05 03:54:56 · answer #8 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The driver is a little guy in your computer that steers the programs in the right direction.
2007-01-05 03:58:52 · answer #9 · answered by Antgrad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a piece of software that makes a particular item work, e.g. a printer driver enables your machine and the printer to work together.
2007-01-05 03:55:12 · answer #10 · answered by champer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋