SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES

SOFTWARE LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A small program that tells the operating system how to communicate with a specific device is called a ____
A
device driver
B
system driver
C
device system
D
operating driver
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A driver provides a software interface to hardware devices, enabling operating systems and other computer programs to access hardware functions without needing to know precise details about the hardware being used.

Detailed explanation-2: -A device driver is a computer program that controls a particular device that is connected to your computer. Typical devices are keyboards, printers, scanners, digital cameras and external storage devices. Each of these need a driver in order to work properly.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -In order to communicate with the hardware devices, the OS uses drivers. Device drivers are program files that enable the OS to recognize the hardware device and its properties. Many of these drivers are built into the OS, but there are so many devices that not all of them may be available.

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