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minidriver

minidriver noun: a device-specific plug-in that connects to a generic utility that is supplied with the operating system to form a device driver.

Noun

minidriver (plural minidrivers)

  1. A device-specific plug-in that connects to a generic utility that is supplied with the operating system to form a device driver.
    • The minidriver architecture first used for Windows 3.1 printer drivers and more recently for Windows NT disk drivers has found its way into the display and disk driver designs for Windows 95.1994, Adrian King, Inside Windows 95, page 91
    • Microsoft provides device class drivers, which work with the device minidriver. The minidriver is written for a specific piece of hardware, most often by the hardware manufacturer.2001, Erik Eckel, Brian Alderman, Windows 2000 Professional on Site, →ISBN, page 316

Forms of minidriver

pluralminidrivers

Origin of minidriver

From mini- + driver.

Questions about minidriver

What does minidriver mean?
Minidriver means a device-specific plug-in that connects to a generic utility that is supplied with the operating system to form a device driver.
What part of speech is minidriver?
Minidriver is a noun.
What is the plural of minidriver?
The plural of minidriver is minidrivers.

Words near minidriver in the dictionary

  1. minidrama
  2. minidramas
  3. minidress
  4. minidressed
  5. minidresses
  6. minidriver
  7. minidrivers
  8. minidrone
  9. minidrones
  10. minidrought
  11. minidump

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