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What is device driver and its relationship with the operating system?
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A driver typically communicates with the device through the computer bus or communications subsystem to which the hardware connects. When a calling program invokes a routine in the driver, the driver issues commands to the device. Once the device sends data back to the driver, the driver may invoke routines in the original calling program. Drivers are hardware-dependent and operating-system-specific. They usually provide the interrupt handling required for any necessary asynchronous time-dependent hardware interface.
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How driver is different from system and application software?
A driver is a piece of software that interfaces with a device, such as a printer, and the Operating System, so that the OS can "talk" to the device.
What is a small program that allows an operating system to communicate with a peripheral device?
Correct Answer: Device Driver
Applications of device driver?
There is only one application for a device driver: to allow the operating system to interact with a specific piece of hardware.
Is a mouse more likely to be controlled by a device driver or by a system bios?
Device Driver
What is a small program that tells the operating system how to communicate with a specific device?
Driver
The device driver is -what- that serves to interpret activities that take place between the -what- and the device?
software, operating system
Does driver software is an system software?
No, Driver Software is Software made for any Device and not for the system . Like any Computer having Realtek Sound Adapter on its MotherBoard so they will provide a setup which is a Device Driver Software . Eventually Operating System Dont have the commands and any programming to control the Device so the Device Manufacturer provides the Commands and services via device Driver Software or setup . You cant Actually see that every Device got different Softwre for Different Operating System and Device Version. Like same Realtek Device would have made the Device Driver for Windows as well as Linux or other Avalable Operating System with which it is compatible .
What software enables an attached device to communicate with the computers operating system?
it's called device driver software commonly called a driver
What is used to communicate between the operating system and the NIC installed on your computer?
device driver
What price of software allows an operating system to communicate with peripheral devices?
A device driver.
What to do when your computer isn't recognizing a device?
Not all devices are completely "plug and play" on all operating systems. For those devices that your computer's operating system does not automatically recognize it will be necessary to install the driver software for the device. Unfortunately driver software for some devices is not available on every operating system.
What is the procedure to recover from a bad windows operating system?
After you install a device or update a driver for a device on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows 7, the operating system may not start.
