FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

APPLICATION SYSTEM SOFTWARE

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What software is designed to let the OS talk to hardware?
A
Driver
B
Application
C
Patch
D
Virtual
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Driver software facilitates communication between the operating system and the computer’s various hardware components.

Detailed explanation-2: -Device driver – a software program that is designed to control a particular hardware device that is attached to a computer. The main purpose of device driver – it acts as a translator between the hardware device and operating systems or applications that use it.

Detailed explanation-3: -In order for the operating system to talk to your hardware, it needs drivers. Drivers teach the operating system to interact with each bit of hardware. Graphics cards, sound cards, networking cards, USB peripherals, and everything else you connect to your computer relies on drivers.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the most fundamental sense, a driver is a software component that lets the operating system and a device communicate with each other.

Detailed explanation-5: -A driver 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 (drives it).

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