A program that allows a computer to communicate with a device, such as a printer or modem. There are three types of device drivers that can be used while in Windows. The first are MS-DOS device drivers loaded from CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT. The second are virtual device drivers (VxD)’s loaded and managed by Windows (but only available in enhanced mode). The last are installable drivers which are DLLs that are used as device drivers.
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