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    Driver

    Topic: Software

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    A driver in software provides a programming interface to control and manage specific lower-level interfaces that are often linked to a specific type of hardware, or other low-level service. In the case of hardware, the specific subclass of drivers controlling physical or virtual hardware devices are known as device drivers.[1]

    Example

    A client library for connecting to a database is often known as a driver, for example, the MySQL native driver for PHP.[2]

    References

    1. ↑ "What is a driver?". https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/gettingstarted/what-is-a-driver-. 
    2. ↑ "MySQL native driver for PHP - mysqlnd". https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/php-mysqlnd/. 





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