device driver
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- noun
- /dɪˈvaɪs ˈdraɪvər/
- Specialized
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controlador de dispositivo
- Wouldn't it be simpler to simply write a new device driver?
Examples
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The presence of outdated device drivers can cause system instability.
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Adjusting buffering in the operating system and/or device drivers can make a major improvement over the defaults.
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Our beta testing identified an issue with a small set of device drivers.
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To improve performance, device drivers need to be updated.
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The operating system in the VM would call a device driver to launch disk read or write requests.
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A device driver in the guest issues the request to a virtual I/O device, which the hypervisor then intercepts.
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In modern operating system environments such as Windows and Linux, it is possible to install device drivers that communicate the request's arguments to the hypervisor's device emulation code directly, with minimal overhead.
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The device driver for my printer was updated to improve its performance.
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Without the correct device driver, the keyboard cannot function properly with the computer.
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The new device driver allowed the video card to produce high-quality graphics.
Synonyms
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A program that lets the computer use a machine like a printer
How Low-level
Surface Forms
Morphology
The MWE is directly compositional: a 'driver' (software that enables communication) for a 'device' (a hardware item) yields the meaning 'software that allows a computer to communicate with a specific hardware device.' English noun–noun compounding commonly expresses this 'X for Y' relation, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Device driver is named after the idea of a driver who controls a machine: a small program acts as the driver for a device, telling it what to do so the computer and the hardware can 'talk' and work together.