device driver

English

Noun

device driver (plural device drivers)

(computing) software, supplied with the operating system or by a hardware manufacturer, that communicates between the operating system of a personal computer and a specific hardware device
- 1978, Dennis M. Ritchie, Unix Time-Sharing System, page 2064:
  The identity of the device driver process is returned by the process manager to the file manager […]

Translations

software that communicates between operating system and hardware

Catalan: controlador de dispositiu m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 驅動程序 (zh), 驱动程序 (zh) (qūdòng chéngxù)
Dutch: stuurprogramma (nl) n
Finnish: laiteajuri, ajuri (fi), laiteohjain (fi)
French: pilote informatique m, pilote (fr) m
German: Gerätetreiber (de) m, Treiber (de) m
Indonesian: pengandar peranti, pengandar perangkat

Japanese: ドライバー (ja) (doraibā), デバイスドライバ (ja) (debaisu doraiba)
Malay: pemacu peranti
Polish: sterownik urządzenia m
Portuguese: driver (pt) m
Russian: дра́йвер (ru) m (drájver)
Sanskrit: उपकरणप्रयोजक m (upakaraṇaprayojaka)
Spanish: manejador de dispositivo m
Swedish: drivrutin (sv) c

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