What is a device driver in operating systems?
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A device driver is essentially an instruction manual for the computer that tells it how to use the device you just plugged in. it gets its name because you can say the driver teaches the computer how to *drive* the device, like you would drive a car or somesuch.
Different kinds of computers (an Apple Mac vs a Windows PC, for example) speak different “languages” (not programming languages, just metaphorical languages) and thus each one needs a different driver. The same way a person who speaks English and a person who speaks French will need different manuals to read.
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