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Software interface to attached devices
A device driver is software that operates or controls a particular type of device that is attached to a computer. A driver provides a software interface
Device_driver
Topics referred to by the same term
A device driver handling a virtual device. VxD, a type of Windows device driver running in 32-bit protected mode. This disambiguation page lists articles
Virtual_device_driver
Topics referred to by the same term
MIL-STD-498 Software development processes value-driven design Virtual device driver (disambiguation) Voluntary death by dehydration, a suicide method
VDD
Open-source x86 virtualization application
Oracle VirtualBox (formerly Oracle VM VirtualBox, Sun VirtualBox, Sun xVM VirtualBox and InnoTek VirtualBox) is a hosted hypervisor for x86 and ARM virtualization
VirtualBox
Simulated device resembling a printer driver
In computing a virtual printer is a simulated device whose user interface and API resemble that of a printer driver, but which is not connected to a physical
Virtual_printer
Subsystem for 32-bit Windows for running 16-bit DOS & Windows programs
this directly (rarely), or will present the DOS program with a virtual device driver (VDD) which emulates the hardware using operating system functions
Virtual_DOS_machine
Interface to device driver that appears in filesystem
In Unix-like operating systems, a device file, device node, or special file is an interface to a device driver that appears in a file system as if it were
Device_file
Series of Microsoft operating systems
account security mechanism. Device drivers in Windows 9x can be virtual device drivers or (starting with Windows 98) WDM drivers. VxDs usually have the filename
Windows_9x
Kernelvirtual network devices
TAP are kernel virtual network devices. Being network devices supported entirely in software, they differ from ordinary network devices which are backed
TUN/TAP
Component of the Microsoft Windows operating system
"Bluetooth Virtual Devices" and are not normally visible. Showing as "Bluetooth Peripheral Device" if no drivers are present. Other devices: This is not
Device_Manager
Programming interface
hardware, the specific subclass of drivers controlling physical or virtual hardware devices are known as device drivers. A client library for connecting
Driver_(software)
Device driver model used in Microsoft Windows/386
an abbreviation for "virtual xxx driver", where "xxx" is some class of hardware device. It derives from the fact that most drivers had filenames of the
VxD
by various DOS extenders, it also served as the file format for Virtual Device Drivers (VxD) in early versions of Windows, including Windows 3.x and the
Linear_Executable
Computer-simulated experience
a mobile device giving the user the ability to view three-dimensional images. Mixed reality (MR) is the merging of the real world and virtual worlds to
Virtual_reality
Architecture of computer operating systems
the most important drivers and the 9x kernel. The real-mode virtual device driver loader checks for duplicate virtual device drivers that exist both in
Architecture_of_Windows_9x
Unix pseudo-device
loop device functionality using different names. In Linux, device names are encoded in the symbol table entries of their corresponding device drivers. The
Loop_device
Principal protocol used to stream data across an IP network
monitoring packets being transmitted between virtual machines on the same host, where a virtual device driver may omit the checksum calculation (as an optimization)
Transmission_Control_Protocol
Electronic timer used to detect and recover from computer malfunctions
standard software modules. Examples of these include "Softdog", a virtual device driver which emulates an electronic WDT and conforms to the Linux watchdog
Watchdog_timer
Methods for dividing computing resources
a kit of paravirtualization-aware device drivers, that are intended to be installed into a Microsoft Windows virtual guest running on the Xen hypervisor
Virtualization
Technology that allows a GPU to be used by multiple virtual machines
hydrodynamics simulations). GPU virtualization implementations generally involve one or more of the following techniques: device emulation, API remoting, fixed
GPU_virtualization
Software framework of Linux kernel
The device mapper is a framework provided by the Linux kernel for mapping physical block devices onto higher-level virtual block devices. It forms the
Device_mapper
Software representation of a serial port
open-source com0com, freeware HW VSP3, or the commercial Virtual Serial Port Driver. Some virtual serial ports emulate all hardware serial port functionality
Virtual_COM_port
Software components that emulate an actual disk storage device
Virtual disk and virtual drive are software components that emulate an actual disk storage device. Virtual disks and virtual drives are common components
Virtual disk and virtual drive
Virtual_disk_and_virtual_drive
Roland MT-32 Multi-Timbre Sound Module
emulates the MT-32 hardware by way of a virtual device driver for Microsoft Windows, or a virtual MIDI device for OS X, BSD and Linux. It is also incorporated
Roland_MT-32
System research-and-development arm of Intel
software device driver "stack" was initially developed on Windows 95 using the Virtual Device Driver (VxD) model of Windows 95. The VxD-based USB driver stack
Intel_Architecture_Labs
Software interface
differential signals. On the software side, it requires a device driver (called a Host Controller Driver, or HCD). Open Host Controller Interface (OHCI) is an
Host controller interface (USB, Firewire)
Host_controller_interface_(USB,_Firewire)
Fatal system error screen
to a BSoD may include hardware failures, an issue with or without a device driver, viruses, malware, and other factors such as intentional user action
Blue_screen_of_death
Method of compromising a host OS though the VM
Vulnerabilities in SVGA, graphics shader, USB driver, xHCI/EHCI, PVNVRAM, and vmxnet3 can cause virtual machine escape Hyperjacking "What is VM Escape
Virtual_machine_escape
Unix-like operating system
line of code in a driver can bring down the system. In contrast, in Minix 3, each device driver is a separate user-mode process. Drivers cannot execute privileged
Minix_3
RAM used to emulate secondary storage
kernel, it is generally simpler to access a RAM drive through a virtual device driver. This makes the non-disk nature of RAM drives invisible to both
RAM_drive
Programs to disable the virtual CD-ROM drive
command from the installed device driver and switch mode, resulting in the virtual CD-ROM drive or USB mass storage device class disappearing and being
Virtual CD-ROM switching utility
Virtual_CD-ROM_switching_utility
Virtualbox.org. Retrieved 8 October 2013. "Xen blktap2 driver". Retrieved 3 February 2014. "Virtual Machine Manager". Archived from the original on 10 June
Comparison of platform virtualization software
Comparison_of_platform_virtualization_software
File system used by MS-DOS and Windows 9x
data structures is usually known as VFAT (for "Virtual FAT") after the Windows 95 virtual device driver. Non VFAT-enabled operating systems can still access
File_Allocation_Table
Software for connecting to a printer
serial port as well. Amiga also had support for a virtual device "PRT:" to refer to printer.device so, for example the command "COPY file TO PRT:" caused
Printer_driver
Type of subroutine
Hazzah, Karen (1997). Writing Windows VxDs and Device Drivers - Programming Secrets for Virtual Device Drivers (2nd printing, 2nd ed.). Lawrence, Kansas,
Thunk
Core of a computer operating system
controls all hardware resources (e.g. I/O, memory, cryptography) via device drivers, arbitrates conflicts between processes concerning such resources, and
Kernel_(operating_system)
Windows 9x computer virus
debug register 0, then it allocates memory in the area used by Virtual Device Driver code and uses that space to reconstruct its executable code from
CIH_(computer_virus)
Network storage protocol
the exported device node, a kernel driver implements a virtual device. Whenever a program tries to access the device, the kernel driver forwards the request
Network_block_device
System utility in Microsoft Windows
"International". The Static VxDs tab allows users to enable or disable static virtual device drivers to be loaded at startup, the Environment tab allows users to enable
MSConfig
Virtualization module in the Linux kernel
Firecracker for device emulation. KVM provides the following emulated devices: Virtual CPU and memory VirtIO Kimchi – web-based virtualization management tool
Kernel-based_Virtual_Machine
LaserJet print driver by Hewlett-Packard
HP Universal Print Driver (UPD) is an intelligent print driver that supports a broad range of HP print devices, such as LaserJet and various MFPs. Developed
HP_Universal_Print_Driver
Computer operating system
design, mostly because of virtual memory and loadable virtual device drivers (VxDs) that allow Windows to share arbitrary devices between multi-tasked DOS
Microsoft_Windows
mirror driver is a display driver for a virtual device that mirrors the drawing operations of one or more additional physical display devices. When video
Mirror_driver
Class of software bugs
497 days. Windows 95 and Windows 98 had a problem with rollovers in a virtual device driver, VTDAPI.VXD, which used unsigned 32-bit integers to measure system
Time formatting and storage bugs
Time_formatting_and_storage_bugs
Way of using computer memory
extensions, and most device drivers. In contrast, user space is the memory area where application software, daemons, and some drivers execute, typically
User_space_and_kernel_space
Graphic driver architecture
required for basic device management and creation. The WDDM specification requires at least Direct3D 9-capable video card and the display driver must implement
Windows_Display_Driver_Model
Process by which the Microsoft Windows of operating system family initializes
along with the configuration settings files WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI. Virtual device drivers are also loaded in the startup process: they are most commonly loaded
Booting_process_of_Windows
Free and open-source library for 3D graphics rendering
Software Driver VIRGL starts Vulkan Development in 2018 with GSOC projects for support of Virtual machines. Lavapipe is a CPU-based Software Vulkan driver and
Mesa_(computer_graphics)
Software framework for audio
provides an application programming interface (API) for sound card device drivers. Some of the goals of the ALSA project at its inception were automatic
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture
1992 Microsoft operating system version
ISBN 9783893194506. Retrieved June 2, 2026. Thielen (1993). Writing Windows Virtual Device Drivers (PDF). Addison-Wesley. ISBN 9780201489217. Retrieved June 4, 2026
Windows_3.1
Temporarily interrupting a computer task
compatibility. In Windows 3.1x (protected mode), the kernel and virtual device drivers ran preemptively, but all 16-bit applications were non-preemptive
Preemption_(computing)
Signal to a computer processor emitted by hardware or software
with device drivers (e.g., to read or write storage media). Software interrupts may also be triggered by program execution errors or by the virtual memory
Interrupt
Computer storage space allocation method
represents just one of many forms of storage virtualization; its implementation takes place in a layer in the device-driver stack of an operating system (OS) (as
Logical_volume_management
Microsoft proprietary protocol
Remote Network Driver Interface Specification (RNDIS) is a Microsoft proprietary protocol used mostly on top of USB. It provides a virtual Ethernet link
RNDIS
Configuration in computer memory
translates CPU-visible virtual addresses to physical addresses, the IOMMU maps device-visible virtual addresses (also called device addresses or memory mapped
Input–output memory management unit
Input–output_memory_management_unit
Free and open-source display server for X Window System
guest system inside of a virtualized environment: xf86-video-qxl, a driver for the "QXL video device". SPICE makes use of this driver though it works without
X.Org_Server
Set of freeware system utilities for Windows
to track and break down the amount of memory being allocated by virtual device drivers; Windows Process Watcher (WinTop) monitored how much of CPU resources
Microsoft_PowerToys
Pseudo file system provided by the Linux kernel
kernel subsystems, hardware devices, and associated device drivers from the kernel's device model to user space through virtual files. In addition to providing
Sysfs
Subsystem of the Linux kernel
libdrm wrapper functions. In addition, drivers export device-specific interfaces for use by user-space drivers and device-aware applications through ioctls
Direct_Rendering_Manager
1998 Microsoft operating system version
therefore USB modems and virtual COM ports). However, Microsoft driver support for both USB printers and USB mass-storage device class is not available
Windows_98
Free and open-source Unix-like operating system
portability layer, device drivers can be split into "machine-independent" (MI) and "machine-dependent" (MD) components. This makes a single driver easily usable
NetBSD
Providing to a computer system a logical view of physical storage
on any type of storage device, without the need for specific drivers or other low-level configuration. File-based virtualization can be used for storage
Storage_virtualization
Technical specification for firmware architecture
standard instruction set architecture-specific device drivers, EFI provides for an ISA-independent device driver stored in non-volatile memory as EFI byte
UEFI
Native hypervisor by Microsoft
have a virtual view of the resources, in terms of virtual devices. Any request to the virtual devices is redirected via the VMBus to the devices in the
Hyper-V
Interaction involving touch
to feel virtual objects and events in a computer simulation, to control virtual objects, and to enhance remote control of machines and devices (telerobotics)
Haptic_technology
Operating system virtualization paradigm
OS-level virtualization is an operating system (OS) virtualization paradigm in which the kernel allows the existence of multiple isolated user space instances
OS-level_virtualization
2000 Microsoft operating system version
"International". The Static VxDs tab allows users to enable or disable static virtual device drivers to be loaded at startup, the Environment tab allows users to enable
Windows_Me
Structure of the operating system
initializing device drivers at bootup. Kernel mode drivers exist in three levels: highest level drivers, intermediate drivers and low-level drivers. Windows
Architecture_of_Windows_NT
computing, Virtual DMA Services (VDS) refer to an application programming interface that allow DOS and Win16 applications and device drivers to perform
Virtual_DMA_Services
Free virtualization and emulation software
support mode, QEMU either acts as a virtual-machine manager (VMM) or as a device-emulation back-end for virtual machines running under a hypervisor.
QEMU
MacVTap is a Linux kernel device driver that facilitates virtualized bridged networking. Typically, it is used in virtualized environments to make both
MacVTap
Free Unix-like operating system kernel
choice, Linux has no stable device driver application binary interface. Linux typically makes use of memory protection and virtual memory and can also handle
Linux_kernel
Series of video cards
well. Each driver is composed out of five parts: Linux kernel component DRM Linux kernel component KMS driver: basically the device driver for the display
Radeon_300_series
1993 Microsoft operating system version
Workstation und Server". C't – Magazin für Computertechnik (12): 266. "Virtual Device Drivers (VXDs) Do Not Work in Windows NT". Microsoft Support. April 8, 2004
Windows_NT_3.1
Software tool for developing device drivers
The Windows Driver Kit (WDK) is a software toolset from Microsoft that enables the development of device drivers for the Microsoft Windows platform. It
Windows_Driver_Kit
Form of 3D computer interaction merging the real world with virtual objects
vary in optics, tracking, and power. AR systems estimate device pose and scene geometry so virtual graphics stay aligned with the real world. Common approaches
Augmented_reality
Type-1 hypervisor
with PV drivers: Fully hardware-assisted virtualization with PV drivers for IO devices. PVHVM (paravirtualization with hardware virtualization): PV supported
Xen
Software that manages computer hardware resources
supports demand paging of virtual memory, which speeds up I/O for many applications. I/O device drivers use the Windows Driver Model. The NTFS file system
Operating_system
Virtual online representation of a plastic card
rental service. Virtual Cards Virtual cards exist only in a digital format, accessible through online platforms or tokenized on mobile devices. These cards
Digital_card
Application virtualisation software
This includes dependent device drivers. Connection Groups: Used when multiple packages need to work together in a single virtual application environment
Microsoft_App-V
Standard for computer data connections
the device is assigned a unique 7-bit address. If the device is supported by the host, the device drivers needed for communicating with the device are
USB
User interfaces describe ways in which virtual space of a computer's desktop is expanded
on single virtual desktops. Another approach is to expand the size of a single virtual screen beyond the size of the physical viewing device. Typically
Virtual_desktop
VRPN (Virtual-Reality Peripheral Network) is a device-independent, network-based interface for accessing virtual reality peripherals in VR applications
VRPN
Exception on x86 that causes a reboot
kernel or device drivers. In modern operating systems, a triple fault is typically caused by a buffer overflow or underflow in a device driver which writes
Triple_fault
Family of operating systems for IBM PC compatibles
device driver code (IO.SYS) and the DOS kernel (MSDOS.SYS). Microsoft provided an OEM Adaptation Kit (OAK) which allowed OEMs to customize the device
DOS
Computer operating system kernel
Mountain Lion (10.8) and later only provides a 64-bit kernel. IOKit is the device driver framework, written in a subset of C++ based on Embedded C++ that lacks
XNU
Hosted hypervisor for Windows and Linux
and USB devices with a virtual machine. It can simulate disk drives; an ISO image file can be mounted as a virtual optical disc drive, and virtual hard disk
VMware_Workstation
Virtual reality headsets by Oculus VR
of virtual reality headsets developed and manufactured by Oculus VR, a virtual reality company founded by Palmer Luckey. It was the first virtual reality
Oculus_Rift
for their devices. Neither Ralink nor Edimax updated their software to work with Windows Vista, due to the installation of its new driver model, bringing
SoftAP
Computer interface specification
to support a mixture of low-speed and high-speed devices, which streamlines the development of drivers and system software. xHCI marks a significant improvement
Extensible Host Controller Interface
Extensible_Host_Controller_Interface
API for network interface cards
Uniform Driver Interface (UDI) Universal Network Device Interface (UNDI) New API PC/TCP Packet Driver "Overview of NDIS versions - Windows drivers". docs
Network Driver Interface Specification
Network_Driver_Interface_Specification
Method to encapsulate computer programs
can be virtualized. Some examples include applications that require a device driver (a form of integration with the OS) and 16-bit applications that need
Application_virtualization
Type of pointing device
positioned adjacent to the touchpad. Some touchpads and associated device driver software may interpret tapping the pad as a mouse click, and a tap followed
Touchpad
List of Windows 10 operating system versions
(including support for clipboard history and syncing with other devices), SwiftKey virtual keyboard, Snip & Sketch, and File Explorer supporting the dark
Windows_10_version_history
Audio routing software
Virtual Audio Cable is a software product based on WDM multimedia driver that allows a user to transfer audio streams from one application to another.
Virtual_Audio_Cable
American computer-to-human interface company
Android phones, touch and display driver integrated chips (TDDI), and fingerprint sensors. These designs are used in devices such as PCs, wearables, drones
Synaptics
Collaborative Apple Computer and Novell prototype operating system
including all its device drivers became part of the system domain under the multitasker. Unless specific protected mode virtual device drivers were loaded,
Star_Trek_project
Free and open-source operating system
Matthew Dillon, progress is being made to provide both device input/output (I/O) and virtual file system (VFS) messaging capabilities that will enable
DragonFly_BSD
Kernel that provides fewer services than a traditional kernel
supervisor or kernel mode. Traditional operating system functions, such as device drivers, protocol stacks and file systems, are typically removed from the microkernel
Microkernel
Device driver and utility software package for AMD GPUs and APUs
AMD Software (formerly known as Radeon Software) is a device driver and utility software package for AMD's Radeon graphics cards and APUs. Its graphical
AMD_Software
VIRTUAL DEVICE-DRIVER
VIRTUAL DEVICE-DRIVER
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Derek, DERICK means "first of the people; king of nations."
Female
English
Feminine form French Denis, DENISE means "follower of Dionysos."
Female
Italian
Italian form of German Hedwig, EDVIGE means "contending battle."
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of either of two Gaelic names, Ó DuibhÃn ‘descendant of DuibhÃn’, a byname meaning ‘little black one’, or Ó DaimhÃn ‘descendant of DaimhÃn’, a byname meaning ‘fawn’, ‘little stag’. These are attenuated versions of Ó Dubháin and Ó Damháin, and are the phonetic origin of Anglicizations with an internal v (as opposed to w, as in Dewan, or monosyllabic forms with an o or u) (see Doane).English and French : nickname, of literal or ironic application, from Middle English, Old French devin, divin ‘excellent’, ‘perfect’ (Latin divinus ‘divine’).
Girl/Female
Sanskrit
Little goddess. From the mythological Hindu 'Devi'.
Female
English
English variant form of French Adelais, ADELICE means "noble sort."
Girl/Female
Latin
Divine one.
Female
English
French form of Latin Felicia, FELICE means "happy" or "lucky." Compare with masculine Felice.
Female
English
English variant spelling of French Denise, DENIECE means "follower of Dionysos."
Male
Italian
Italian form of Latin Felix, FELICE means "happy" or "lucky." Compare with feminine Felice.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Delicia, DELICE means "delight."
Female
English
English variant spelling of French Denise, DENICE means "follower of Dionysos."
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : nickname from Middle English, Old French vertu ‘moral worth’; ‘goodness’ (Latin virtus ‘manliness’, ‘valor’, ‘worth’). This may have been bestowed on a good or pious person, it may alternatively have been a sarcastic nickname for a prig, or it may have been borne by someone who had played the part of Virtue in a medieval mystery play.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Devine
Girl/Female
English
Combination of Deana (divine) and Dina (from the valley; avenged).
Female
French
Short form of French Adeline, DELINE means "noble."Â
Male
Italian
Italian form of Hebrew David, DAVIDE means "beloved."
Girl/Female
French American
Feminine of Denis or Denys from the Greek name Dionysus.
Girl/Female
Latin
Virtue.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Merchant of Venice' The Duke of Venice. 'The Tragedy of Othello' The Duke of Venice.
VIRTUAL DEVICE-DRIVER
VIRTUAL DEVICE-DRIVER
Boy/Male
Tamil
Male
Polish
Polish form of Greek Nikolaos, MIKOLAJ means "victor of the people."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places, in Bedfordshire, Merseyside, and Nottinghamshire, so named from Old English eofor ‘wild boar’ + tūn ‘settlement’.Described as being from Kent, England, Walter Everendon (d. 1725) was a colonial gunpowder manufacturer who ran a mill in Neponset in the township of Milton, across the river from Dorchester, MA. The first person to make gunpowder in America, Everendon eventually took majority interest in the mill and sold out to his son. The family, which also spelled their name Everden and Everton, continued to manufacture powder until after the Revolution.
Girl/Female
English
Jewel
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Netherlands, Teutonic
A Wish for Peace; Resolute; Peaceful; Much Peace
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Reward; Name of an Early Poetess
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Duce. In this spelling, the name has also been found in Ireland since the 14th century.
Male
English
Pet form of English Dustin, probably DUSTY means "Thor's stone."
Boy/Male
Hindu
Quite nature
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
An authority for hadith had this name
VIRTUAL DEVICE-DRIVER
VIRTUAL DEVICE-DRIVER
VIRTUAL DEVICE-DRIVER
VIRTUAL DEVICE-DRIVER
VIRTUAL DEVICE-DRIVER
v. t.
To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to revise an agreement; to revise a dictionary.
v. t.
To make efficacious; to give virtue of efficacy.
a.
Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual presence of a man in his agent or substitute.
v. t.
To supply with provisions for subsistence; to provide with food; to store with sustenance; as, to victual an army; to victual a ship.
adv.
Alt. of Point-devise
n.
That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
n.
Food; -- now used chiefly in the plural. See Victuals.
a.
Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.
a.
Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions.
n.
A prescribed form of performing divine service in a particular church or communion; as, the Jewish ritual.
n.
Device. See Device.
n.
One who devises.
a.
Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law.
adv.
In a virtual manner; in efficacy or effect only, and not actually; to all intents and purposes; practically.
a.
Alt. of Point-devise
imp. & p. p.
of Devise
a.
Like a novice; becoming a novice.
v. t.
To devote.
n.
Property devised, or given by will.