What is device driver?

Anonymous

∙ 17y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

It's a piece of software that translates data between applications/programs and computer hardware. Typical computers have dozens of them. They provide a layer of abstraction that allows application developers to treat all devices equally instead of having to modify their application for every different device from every manufacturer thereby reducing software development time and cost.

Wiki User

∙ 17y ago

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When you disable a device in device manager cause its device driver to be uninstalled?

No, the device driver is not uninstalled.

What is the best way to change a device driver?

What is the term used to describe undoing a device driver?

roll back reverting the driver

What device driver tool is used to replace a driver with one that worked before the current driver was installed?

The device driver tool used to replace a current driver with a previously functioning one is called "Device Manager" in Windows. Within Device Manager, you can right-click on the device, select "Properties," and then navigate to the "Driver" tab to find the "Roll Back Driver" option. This allows you to revert to the last installed driver, which can resolve issues caused by the current update.

Who are manufaturer of device driver?

device manufacturere most of the time..

How do you backup device driver?

How to backup device drivers in win7

What facilitates communication between device and os?

Device Driver

What is a driver-restraining device that does not require the driver to put it on?

airbag

In the device manager one device given with yellow question markwhat does it mean?

it means that the driver of that device is either not loaded or not properly loaded.. load the driver once again from the driver disk and the sign will go off..

Is considered a device driver because it manages memory as a device?

Himem.sys

What is considered a device driver because it manages memory as a device?