Device drivers are an important part of your computer system, because without these drivers none of the peripheral devices will work. Device drivers are software programs which act as a communications translator between the device and the operating system, or the device and the application that is trying to access it.

The traditional development of device drivers is made up of three distinct layers, the application, the operating system, and the operating system specific driver. All three of these layers are critical to the device driver functioning correctly. Continue Reading »