Device Driver

 💠It operates/controls a device attached to the computer


✖Without the device driver, the corresponding hardware device fails to work


✖It is an interface between operating systems/applications software and the device


✖Tells the operating system how to communicate with the hardware device


✖Upon installation it detects and identifies the peripheral device


✖ Wakes up the device when it is needed and puts it back to sleep when it is not


✖ Handles the translation of requests between a 

device and the computer


💠Defines where outgoing data must be store

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