Types of Device Drivers
What are Device Drivers?
"Device drivers" are programs that serve as communication pathways between the computer operating system, the software applications and the various hardware components installed on the PC or laptop.
Drivers basically act as "translation programs" that convert the instructions and requests that you make when using a software applications (i.e. MS Word, MS Excel, Adobe Photoshop, FireFox, DivX) to a language comprehensible for the hardware device (i.e. sound card, graphics card, printer, camera, monitor, DVD drive). The hardware device then executes the instruction from the driver and prints pages, downloads image files, plays music, displays an image or otherwise completes the task you have asked of the hardware device. Without the proper device driver, hardware components installed in the system will work poorly or not at all.
Types of Device Drivers You Should Know About
Device drivers are coded specifically for the hardware component that it is designed to function with. Every device or hardware component installed in your computer system requires its own set of drivers to operate properly. The average PC or laptop will contain dozens of very specific drivers simply to perform the most basic of functions - more advanced PC or laptops may contain more. There are literally thousands of different drivers designed to support each computer configuration; however, there are some hardware components that can function using the basic drivers installed by Windows XP or Windows Vista, and they include:
- Acer Drivers
- APPLE Drivers
- Asus Drivers
- ATI Drivers
- Audio Drivers
- BIOS Drivers
- CD Drivers
- Canon Drivers
- Chipset Drivers
- Compaq Drivers
- Dell Drivers
- Digital Camera Drivers
- Display Drivers
- DVD Drivers
- eMachines Drivers
- Epson Drivers
- Flash Drive Drivers
- Gateway Drivers
- Graphics Card Drivers
- HP Drivers
- iMac Drivers
- Intel Drivers
- Jump Drive Drivers
- Keyboard Drivers
- Laptop Device Drivers
- Leopard O/S Drivers
- Lexmark Drivers
- Linksys Drivers
- Logitech Drivers
- Microsoft Drivers
- Modem Drivers
- Monitor Drivers
- Motherboard Drivers
- Mouse Drivers
- MSI Drivers
- Network Card Drivers
- nVIDIA Drivers
- Operating System Drivers
- PC Device Drivers
- Printer Drivers
- Realtek Drivers
- Scanner Drivers
- Sound Card Drivers
- Toshiba Drivers
- USB Drive Drivers
- USB (Port) Drivers
- Video Card Drivers
- Vista Drivers
- Webcam Drivers
- Windows Drivers
Most Popular Drivers
- Acer Drivers
- APPLE Drivers
- Asus Drivers
- ATI Drivers
- Audio Drivers
- BIOS Drivers
- CD Drivers
- Canon Drivers
- Chipset Drivers
- Compaq Drivers
- Dell Drivers
- Digital Camera Drivers
- Display Drivers
- DVD Drivers
- eMachines Drivers
- Epson Drivers
- Flash Drive Drivers
- Gateway Drivers
- Graphics Card Drivers
- HP Drivers
- iMac Drivers
- Intel Drivers
- Jump Drive Drivers
- Keyboard Drivers
- Laptop Device Drivers
- Leopard O/S Drivers
- Lexmark Drivers
- Linksys Drivers
- Logitech Drivers
- Microsoft Drivers
- Modem Drivers
- Monitor Drivers
- Motherboard Drivers
- Mouse Drivers
- MSI Drivers
- Network Card Drivers
- nVIDIA Drivers
- Operating System Drivers
- PC Device Drivers
- Printer Drivers
- Realtek Drivers
- Scanner Drivers
- Sound Card Drivers
- Toshiba Drivers
- USB Drive Drivers
- USB (Port) Drivers
- Video Card Drivers
- Vista Drivers
- Webcam Drivers
- Windows Drivers