Minidriver

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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"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."

Etymology

From mini- + driver.

Related phrases

device driveroperating systemplug in

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