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 driver
In computing, a device driver is a computer program that operates or controls a particular type of device that is attached to a computer or automaton. A driver provides a software interface to hardware devices, enabling operating systems and ot ...
s.
Example
A
client library for connecting to a database is often known as a driver, for example the
MySQL native driver for
PHP.
References
Computing terminology
Application programming interfaces
Computer libraries
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