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Software interface to attached devices
A device driver is software that operates or controls a particular type of device that is attached to a computer. A driver provides a software interface
Device_driver
Topics referred to by the same term
A device driver handling a virtual device. VxD, a type of Windows device driver running in 32-bit protected mode. This disambiguation page lists articles
Virtual_device_driver
Interface to device driver that appears in filesystem
In Unix-like operating systems, a device file, device node, or special file is an interface to a device driver that appears in a file system as if it were
Device_file
Component of the Microsoft Windows operating system
each device, users can: Install, update or remove device drivers in accordance with the Windows Driver Model Enable or disable devices Adjust device-related
Device_Manager
Device that reacts to the loss of the operator
modern urban and suburban railway systems, the driver is typically alone in an enclosed cab. Automatic devices were already beginning to be deployed on newer
Dead_man's_switch
Series of video cards
well. Each driver is composed out of five parts: Linux kernel component DRM Linux kernel component KMS driver: basically the device driver for the display
Radeon_300_series
Software that controls computer-graphics hardware
A free and open-source graphics device driver is a software stack which controls computer-graphics hardware and supports graphics-rendering application
Free and open-source graphics device driver
Free_and_open-source_graphics_device_driver
Auto racing safety and support apparel
pectoral muscles. The device, in general, is supported by the shoulders. It is attached only to the helmet, not to the belts, the driver's body, or the seat;
HANS_device
Device driver framework
computing, the Windows Driver Model (WDM) – also known at one point as the Win32 Driver Model – is a framework for device drivers that was introduced with
Windows_Driver_Model
Software published only in binary code
referred to as a blob or binary blob. The term usually refers to a device driver module loaded into the kernel of an open-source operating system, and
Binary_blob
Free and open-source display server for X Window System
virtualized environment: xf86-video-qxl, a driver for the "QXL video device". SPICE makes use of this driver though it works without it as well. In the
X.Org_Server
Software framework for audio
provides an application programming interface (API) for sound card device drivers. Some of the goals of the ALSA project at its inception were automatic
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture
Core of a computer operating system
controls all hardware resources (e.g. I/O, memory, cryptography) via device drivers, arbitrates conflicts between processes concerning such resources, and
Kernel_(operating_system)
Series of video cards
supported by AMD Catalyst and by the free and open-source graphics device driver#ATI/AMD. OpenCL accelerates many scientific Software Packages against
Radeon_HD_7000_series
Series of video cards
well. Each driver is composed out of five parts: Linux kernel component DRM Linux kernel component KMS driver: basically the device driver for the display
Radeon_HD_3000_series
Series of video cards
supported by AMD Catalyst and by the free and open-source graphics device driver. During 2014 the Radeon R9 200 series GPUs offered a very competitive
Radeon_200_series
Topics referred to by the same term
task Computer, a computing device Device file, an interface of a peripheral device driver Electronic component, a device that can be embedded in the
Device
Series of video cards
capable of doing such decoding work). This device driver restriction has led to the development of a third party driver patch, "ExDeus ATI HD Registry Tweak"
Radeon_HD_2000_series
Arbitrary extension of the X video extension
video GPU capable of XvBA video acceleration requires a X11 software device driver to enable these features. Currently[when?] only AMD's ATI Radeon graphics
X-Video Bitstream Acceleration
X-Video_Bitstream_Acceleration
Kernel that provides fewer services than a traditional kernel
supervisor or kernel mode. Traditional operating system functions, such as device drivers, protocol stacks and file systems, are typically removed from the microkernel
Microkernel
Series of video cards
Windows and VDPAU on Linux and FreeBSD. The free and open-source graphics device driver#ATI/AMD also support UVD. OpenCL accelerates many scientific software
Radeon_HD_5000_series
Video output mechanism for the X Window System
together: The video controller has to provide the required functions. The device driver software for the video controller and the X display server program have
X_video_extension
Subsystem of the Linux kernel
libdrm wrapper functions. In addition, drivers export device-specific interfaces for use by user-space drivers and device-aware applications through ioctls
Direct_Rendering_Manager
Technical specification for firmware architecture
standard instruction set architecture-specific device drivers, EFI provides for an ISA-independent device driver stored in non-volatile memory as EFI byte
UEFI
Formally verified capability-based microkernel
preserving performance and memory efficiency goals. The seL4 Device Driver Framework (sDDF) is a driver architecture for seL4-based systems discussed in multiple
SeL4
System call for device-specific input/output operations
code. Request codes are often device-specific. For instance, a CD-ROM device driver which can instruct a physical device to eject a disc would provide
Ioctl
Standard for computer data connections
the device is assigned a unique 7-bit address. If the device is supported by the host, the device drivers needed for communicating with the device are
USB
Series of video cards
well. Each driver is composed out of five parts: Linux kernel component DRM Linux kernel component KMS driver: basically the device driver for the display
Radeon_HD_4000_series
Free Unix-like operating system kernel
contrast to Unix, all Linux source files are freely available, including device drivers. The initial success of Linux was driven by programmers and testers
Linux_kernel
Unix pseudo-device
loop device functionality using different names. In Linux, device names are encoded in the symbol table entries of their corresponding device drivers. The
Loop_device
Method of identifying remote computing devices via hardware and software configuration
A device fingerprint or machine fingerprint is information collected about the software and hardware of a remote computing device for the purpose of identification
Device_fingerprint
Open source software driver for Nvidia GPU
nouveau (/nuːˈvoʊ/) is a free and open-source graphics device driver for Nvidia video cards and the Tegra family of SoCs written by independent software
Nouveau_(software)
Topics referred to by the same term
cargo ship Train driver Pile driver Screwdriver, mechanical device used to tighten or loosen screws Driver (surname) Robby's Driver, a fictional character
Driver
Device drivers are programs which allow software or higher-level computer programs to interact with a hardware device. These software components act as
Device driver synthesis and verification
Device_driver_synthesis_and_verification
Family of operating systems for IBM PC compatibles
device driver code (IO.SYS) and the DOS kernel (MSDOS.SYS). Microsoft provided an OEM Adaptation Kit (OAK) which allowed OEMs to customize the device
DOS
Extension of the X video extension
software device driver to enable these features. There are currently three X11 Nvidia drivers available: a 2D-only open source but obfuscated driver maintained
X-Video_Motion_Compensation
Free and open-source library for 3D graphics rendering
so-called "user-mode graphics device drivers" (UMD) in Mesa have very few commonalities with what is generally called a device driver. There are a couple of
Mesa_(computer_graphics)
Signal to a computer processor emitted by hardware or software
such as requesting operating system services and interacting with device drivers (e.g., to read or write storage media). Software interrupts may also
Interrupt
Graphics card driver for Linux
AMDgpu is an open source device driver for the Linux operating system developed by AMD to support its Radeon lineup of graphics cards (GPUs). It was announced
AMDgpu_(Linux_kernel_module)
Project for adding Rust language to Linux kernel
include: tarfs, a tar filesystem NVM Express (NVMe) device driver Asahi Linux's Apple silicon AGX GPU DRM driver PuzzleFS, a container filesystem Read-only ext2
Rust_for_Linux
Kernelvirtual network devices
(telecommunications) MacVTap "Universal TUN/TAP driver". VTun project on SourceForge. Retrieved 2019-07-12. "Universal TUN/TAP device driver". Linux kernel. Retrieved 2025-07-04
TUN/TAP
Structure of the operating system
initializing device drivers at bootup. Kernel mode drivers exist in three levels: highest level drivers, intermediate drivers and low-level drivers. Windows
Architecture_of_Windows_NT
Protocol for serial communication on DOS
the Fidonet Technical Standards Committee. A "FOSSIL driver" is simply a communications device driver. They exist because in the early days of Fidonet, computer
FOSSIL
2001 Microsoft operating system version
became possible to revert the installation of an updated device driver, should the updated driver produce undesirable results. A copy protection system known
Windows_XP
Driver development platform for Microsoft Windows
User-Mode Driver Framework (UMDF) is a device-driver development platform introduced with Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, and is also available
User-Mode_Driver_Framework
Software for connecting to a printer
standard hardware device of Amiga dealing with printers), and the standard parallel.device (which controlled parallel port) and the driver would then control
Printer_driver
Programming interface
hardware, the specific subclass of drivers controlling physical or virtual hardware devices are known as device drivers. A client library for connecting
Driver_(software)
ODBC, standard interface for accessing database systems
for ANSI format of earlier versions. ODBC is based on the device driver model, where the driver encapsulates the logic needed to convert a standard set
Open_Database_Connectivity
Fatal system error screen
to a BSoD may include hardware failures, an issue with or without a device driver, viruses, malware, and other factors such as intentional user action
Blue_screen_of_death
Software copy protection system
official, standalone, device driver installation and uninstallation program. This program functions as a toggle; once the Tagès device drivers are installed,
Tagès
Computer terminal concept
three layers: the upper layer to provide the character device interface, the lower hardware driver to communicate with the hardware or pseudo terminal,
Line_discipline
Communication between an information processing system and the outside world
in low-level computer programming, such as in the implementation of device drivers, or may provide access to I/O channels. An I/O algorithm is one designed
Input/output
Series of Microsoft operating systems
account security mechanism. Device drivers in Windows 9x can be virtual device drivers or (starting with Windows 98) WDM drivers. VxDs usually have the filename
Windows_9x
1995 Microsoft operating system version
media has its device driver: access to the disk is performed by a port driver, while access to a SCSI device is handled by a miniport driver working atop
Windows_95
Process of sampling signals from sensors and converting into digital data
can be streamed via Bluetooth. DAQ device drivers are needed for the DAQ hardware to work with a PC. The device driver performs low-level register writes
Data_acquisition
Unix-like operating system
line of code in a driver can bring down the system. In contrast, in Minix 3, each device driver is a separate user-mode process. Drivers cannot execute privileged
Minix_3
Free and open-source Unix-like operating system
portability layer, device drivers can be split into "machine-independent" (MI) and "machine-dependent" (MD) components. This makes a single driver easily usable
NetBSD
a particular type of display device, e.g. LCD, LED, OLED, ePaper, CRT, Vacuum fluorescent or Nixie. The display driver will typically accept commands
Display_driver
Brand of GPUs by Nvidia
such additional device drivers for their products, although Nvidia has contributed code to the Nouveau driver. Free and open-source drivers support a large
GeForce
much simpler than kernel mode driver development. Unidrv was introduced in Windows 2000 and replaced the Raster Device Driver (RASDD) interface used in Windows
Unidrv
driver wrapper is a subroutine in a software library that functions as an adapter between an operating system and a driver, such as a device driver,
Driver_wrapper
Component of Microsoft Windows operating systems
which governs the order of initialization of a respective service or a device driver, with respect to other service groups. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Cu
Service_Control_Manager
The device driver interfaces are defined in device.h. A given implementation of Microwindows will link at least one screen, mouse and keyboard driver into
Microwindows
Program that relocates its own address-dependent instructions and data when run
as a device driver, as mouse drivers have always been device drivers back in the old times. These mouse drivers have had specific device driver names
Self-relocation
Graphic driver architecture
required for basic device management and creation. The WDDM specification requires at least Direct3D 9-capable video card and the display driver must implement
Windows_Display_Driver_Model
Brand of computer products
comparable to that of AMD Catalyst Linux kernel component KMS driver: basically the device driver for the display controller user-space component libDRM user-space
Radeon
Serial communication bus
handled with a device driver for the specific device, and another for the I2C (or SMBus) adapter to which it is connected. Hundreds of such drivers are part
I2C
Device drivers for real-time video capture
Video4Linux (V4L for short) is a collection of device drivers and an API for supporting realtime video capture on Linux systems. It supports USB webcams
Video4Linux
Operating system based on the Linux kernel
proprietary software that is not available in source code form, such as a device driver binary. A distro may be described as a specific assortment of application
Linux_distribution
Application for creating and editing PDFs
English and German. PDF24 Creator is installed as a virtual printer via a device driver in the operating system. This allows PDF files to be created directly
PDF24_Creator
New features added in Windows XP
upgrade a device driver, there is a chance the new driver is less stable, efficient or functional than the original. Reinstalling the old driver can be a
Features_new_to_Windows_XP
Driver framework by Microsoft
Kernel-Mode Driver Framework (KMDF) is a driver framework developed by Microsoft as a tool to aid driver developers create and maintain kernel mode device drivers
Kernel-Mode_Driver_Framework
1998 Microsoft operating system version
With the Windows Driver Model, developers could write drivers that were compatible with other versions of Windows. Device driver access in WDM is implemented
Windows_98
Device driver and utility software package for AMD GPUs and APUs
AMD Software (formerly known as Radeon Software) is a device driver and utility software package for AMD's Radeon graphics cards and APUs. Its graphical
AMD_Software
Operating environment created by Digital Research
operations, and the device drivers that are responsible for handling the actual output. The former was known as GDOS (Graphics Device Operating System)
GEM_(desktop_environment)
Standard hostname for a networked device's loopback interface
never passed to any network interface controller (NIC) or hardware device driver and must not appear outside of a computing system, or be routed by any
Localhost
LaserJet print driver by Hewlett-Packard
HP Universal Print Driver (UPD) is an intelligent print driver that supports a broad range of HP print devices, such as LaserJet and various MFPs. Developed
HP_Universal_Print_Driver
American software company
specializing in device driver development for video cards. In 2001, Jens Owen cofounded Tungsten Graphics, a software company working on video card drivers, which
LunarG
Electronic timer used to detect and recover from computer malfunctions
device driver. For example, in the Linux operating system, a user space program will kick the watchdog by interacting with the watchdog device driver
Watchdog_timer
software to make them function (firmware, device drivers). This is a list of the status of some open-source drivers for 802.11 wireless network cards. The
Comparison of open-source wireless drivers
Comparison_of_open-source_wireless_drivers
mirror driver is a display driver for a virtual device that mirrors the drawing operations of one or more additional physical display devices. When video
Mirror_driver
Hardware timer used in personal computers
Windows XP systems quote "HPET" connectivity in the device driver manager even though the Intel HPET device is not being used. An HPET chip consists of a 64-bit
High_Precision_Event_Timer
Auto-configuration mechanism used by PCI
all systems, device drivers are encouraged to use APIs provided by the operating system to access the configuration space of the device. One of the major
PCI_configuration_space
Freeware memory scanner and debugger
exposes an interface to its device driver with dbk32.dll, a wrapper that handles both loading and initializing the Cheat Engine driver and calling alternative
Cheat_Engine
Application virtualisation software
file-system. Device driver: App-V presently does not support sequencing of kernel-mode device drivers; thus any application that installs a device driver cannot
Microsoft_App-V
Architecture of computer operating systems
the most important drivers and the 9x kernel. The real-mode virtual device driver loader checks for duplicate virtual device drivers that exist both in
Architecture_of_Windows_9x
Linux kernel fork for Windows compatibility
kernel intended to be binary compatible with application software and device drivers made for Microsoft Windows and Linux. As of 1.0-rc2, it consists of
Longene
Means of compressing an executable file
possibility to combine a program/TSR and device driver in .EXE files […] and a program/TSR.COM and device driver into a .COM program […] It might also be
Executable_compression
Open source controller area network drivers and networking stack for the Linux kernel
Conventional implementations of this class of device driver only allow a single process to access the device, which means that all other processes are blocked
SocketCAN
Computer operating system kernel
Mountain Lion (10.8) and later only provides a 64-bit kernel. IOKit is the device driver framework, written in a subset of C++ based on Embedded C++ that lacks
XNU
Partition used by Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
systems (which are typically contained in other partitions), device driver files for hardware devices present in a computer and used by the firmware at boot
EFI_system_partition
Windows driver troubleshooter
that are specifically developed to catch device driver bugs. Once enabled, it monitors and stresses drivers to detect illegal function calls or actions
Driver_Verifier
Standard UNIX utility that prints the message buffer of the kernel
produced by the device drivers. When initially booted, a computer system loads its kernel into memory. At this stage device drivers present in the kernel
Dmesg
American Linux kernel developer
and driver development through talks and tutorials. In 2006, he released a CD image of material to introduce a programmer to working on Linux device driver
Greg_Kroah-Hartman
A filter driver is a Microsoft Windows driver that extends or modifies the function of peripheral devices or supports a specialized device in the personal
Filter_driver
Combined executable file for multiple processor types or operating systems
as a device driver, as mouse drivers have always been device drivers back in the old times. These mouse drivers have had specific device driver names
Fat_binary
Software tool for developing device drivers
The Windows Driver Kit (WDK) is a software toolset from Microsoft that enables the development of device drivers for the Microsoft Windows platform. It
Windows_Driver_Kit
Software that manages computer hardware resources
memory, which speeds up I/O for many applications. I/O device drivers use the Windows Driver Model. The NTFS file system has a master table and each
Operating_system
Type of USB specification
devices. Unlike legacy game port devices, USB HID class game devices do not normally require proprietary drivers to function. Nearly all game devices
USB human interface device class
USB_human_interface_device_class
Type of hardware device driver
class driver is a type of hardware device driver that can operate a large number of different devices of a broadly similar type. Class drivers are often
Class_driver
DEVICE DRIVER
DEVICE DRIVER
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Delicia, DELICE means "delight."
Female
English
English variant spelling of French Denise, DENIECE means "follower of Dionysos."
Male
Italian
Italian form of Hebrew David, DAVIDE means "beloved."
Female
French
Short form of French Adeline, DELINE means "noble."Â
Girl/Female
English
Gives pleasure.
Girl/Female
French American
Feminine of Denis or Denys from the Greek name Dionysus.
Female
English
Feminine form French Denis, DENISE means "follower of Dionysos."
Boy/Male
Hindu
Devine
Girl/Female
Latin
Divine one.
Female
English
English variant spelling of French Denise, DENICE means "follower of Dionysos."
Male
Italian
Italian form of Latin Felix, FELICE means "happy" or "lucky." Compare with feminine Felice.
Girl/Female
Sanskrit
Little goddess. From the mythological Hindu 'Devi'.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Merchant of Venice' The Duke of Venice. 'The Tragedy of Othello' The Duke of Venice.
Boy/Male
Gaelic, Hindu, Indian
Oxen; Bard
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of either of two Gaelic names, Ó DuibhÃn ‘descendant of DuibhÃn’, a byname meaning ‘little black one’, or Ó DaimhÃn ‘descendant of DaimhÃn’, a byname meaning ‘fawn’, ‘little stag’. These are attenuated versions of Ó Dubháin and Ó Damháin, and are the phonetic origin of Anglicizations with an internal v (as opposed to w, as in Dewan, or monosyllabic forms with an o or u) (see Doane).English and French : nickname, of literal or ironic application, from Middle English, Old French devin, divin ‘excellent’, ‘perfect’ (Latin divinus ‘divine’).
Female
English
English variant form of French Adelais, ADELICE means "noble sort."
Girl/Female
English
Combination of Deana (divine) and Dina (from the valley; avenged).
Female
Italian
Italian form of German Hedwig, EDVIGE means "contending battle."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Derek, DERICK means "first of the people; king of nations."
Female
English
French form of Latin Felicia, FELICE means "happy" or "lucky." Compare with masculine Felice.
DEVICE DRIVER
DEVICE DRIVER
Boy/Male
Hindu
Horned, Another name for Indra
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
With a Great Number of Virtues; Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Muslim
The first prophet of Allah
Female
French
Feminine form of French Dieudonné, DIEUDONNÉE means "God-given."
Female
Polish
Polish form of English Olivia, probably OLIWIA means "elf army."Â
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Gladdening
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Purley in Surrey.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Ponraj | போநà¯à®°à®¾à®œÂ
Gold
Girl/Female
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Lightning; Thunder
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Silver
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v. t.
To devote.
adv.
Alt. of Point-devise
v. i.
To determine; to decide.
a.
Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments.
n.
That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
v. t.
To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to revise an agreement; to revise a dictionary.
n.
A little devil.
v. t.
To cause to deviate.
imp. & p. p.
of Devil
n.
One who devises.
n.
Device. See Device.
imp. & p. p.
of Devise
a.
Alt. of Point-devise
a.
Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.
n.
An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.
a.
Like a novice; becoming a novice.
v. t.
To render divine; to deify.
a.
Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will.
n.
Property devised, or given by will.