"device driver" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: device drivers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} device driver (plural device drivers)
  1. (computing) Software, usually supplied with the operating system or by a hardware manufacturer, that communicates between the operating system of a personal computer and a specific hardware device. Wikipedia link: device driver Categories (topical): Computing Translations (software that communicates between operating system and hardware): controlador de dispositiu [masculine] (Catalan), 驅動程序 /驱动程序 (qūdòng chéngxù) (Chinese Mandarin), stuurprogramma [neuter] (Dutch), pelilo (Esperanto), laiteajuri (Finnish), ajuri (Finnish), laiteohjain (Finnish), pilote informatique [masculine] (French), pilote [masculine] (French), Gerätetreiber [masculine] (German), Treiber [masculine] (German), pengandar peranti (Indonesian), pengandar perangkat (Indonesian), ドライバー (doraibā) (Japanese), デバイスドライバ (debaisu doraiba) (Japanese), pemacu peranti (Malay), sterownik urządzenia [masculine] (Polish), driver [masculine] (Portuguese), дра́йвер (drájver) [masculine] (Russian), manejador de dispositivo [masculine] (Spanish), drivrutin [common-gender] (Swedish)

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