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DEVICE DRIVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does device driver mean?
• DEVICE DRIVER (noun)
The noun DEVICE DRIVER has 1 sense:
1. (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
Familiarity information: DEVICE DRIVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
device driver; driver
Hypernyms ("device driver" is a kind of...):
service program; utility; utility program ((computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
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