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 What is a Driver?

Drivers are small programs that allow your operating system, such as Windows® 98, to communicate with the hardware in your computer. Think of drivers as translators. If your operating system speaks English and your video card speaks German, they might not correctly communicate with each other. A driver speaks both the language of your video card and the language of your operating system, so it can help them communicate. Beyond acting as a translator, drivers can also enhance the operation of a particular piece of hardware, like a video card or a sound card.




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