Driver: The Software interface for the Hardware
- As the Hardware refers to all the mechanical components of a computer, such as graphics cards, hard disks, processors, and DVD drives.
- Software you can touch in contrast. These are programs and data, which exist only virtually.
- The drivers belong to the Latter: they are Computer programs or services that are installed on the PC.
- The task of drivers is to detect is connected to the Computer Hardware and to communicate with this. They are like a mediator.
- Quite simply, you could say, then, that the driver will work as interpreters, the language of the particular Hardware for the Computer to translate.
- So the PC will recognize a printer when it is turned on, what he has for pressure modes, and transmits the files to Print.
Driver, find, install & update
Since you now know what a driver is, you can use this also:
- First you need to find out which driver you need. In many devices, the necessary drivers are included on an additional CD. Otherwise, you can find the Downloads in our Download-Portal or directly on the manufacturer pages.
- Driver install is quite similar to normal programs: In General, there is a. EXE file that you execute with a double click. You will then be guided through the installation process. Sometimes you can driver also automatically search for and install.
- It is important for driver Updates to check, the Hardware continues to be correctly and safe to use can. There are two different ways how you update drivers.
