Provides a programming interface to control and manage specific lower level interface that is often linked to a specific type of hardware, or other low-level service
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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 drivers.