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Device driver

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 to hardware devices, enabling other software to access hardware functions without needing to know precise details about the hardware.

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Overview

Purpose

Development

Privilege levels

Applications

Virtual device drivers

Open source drivers

APIs

Identifiers

Security

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Device driver

Nodes150
Edges149
Triples70
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013333
Components1

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Device driver

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related to Development · 11
Device driver → Although, Because, Even, However, In, Moreover, The, These, This, Typically, Writing
related to Open source drivers · 9
Device driver → CCISS, Compaq Command Interface, CUPSRAIDs, Direct Rendering Infrastructure Solaris, Graphics, SANEVideo, Scanners, SCSI-3 Support, Vidix
related to Privilege levels · 9
Device driver → An, ARM, By, Depending, Linux, Minix, On, On Windows NT, The
related to Security · 9
Device driver → Bluetooth, Bring Your Own Vulnerable, BYOVD, Computers, Driver, Drivers, Microsoft Windows, There, WiFi
related to External links · 8
Device driver → BinaryDriverHowto, Drivers, Hardware Compatibility Lists, Linux, Linux Drivers Source, Linux DriversUnderstanding Modern Device, Ubuntu, Windows Hardware Dev CenterLinux
related to Virtual device drivers · 8
Device driver → Attempts, Daemon Tools, For, Instead, The, They, Virtual, Xen
related to Purpose · 6
Device driver → At, For, Programmers, The, UART, USB-to-serial
see also · 2
Device driver → Class, Driver

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device drivers driver hardware system kernel operating software interface windows linux devices computer virtual access may systems different run functions

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miceinstance offor pointing devices0.80text
keyboardsinstance offor pointing devices0.80text
etcinstance offor pointing devices0.80text
Microsoft Windows where the source code of the device drivers is mostly proprietaryinstance ofespecially for closed-source operating systems0.80text
not available to examineinstance ofespecially for closed-source operating systems0.80text
and drivers often have many privileges.A group of security researchers considers the lack of isolation as one of the main factors undermining kernel securityinstance ofespecially for closed-source operating systems0.80text
and published an isolation framework to protect operating system kernelsinstance ofespecially for closed-source operating systems0.80text
primarily the monolithic Linux kernel whose drivers they say getinstance ofespecially for closed-source operating systems0.80text
Device driverrelated to DevelopmentWriting0.60section
Device driverrelated to DevelopmentBecause0.60section
Device driverrelated to DevelopmentIn0.60section
Device driverrelated to DevelopmentEven0.60section

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