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Driver (software)
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

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.

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Example

A client library for connecting to a database is often known as a driver, for example, the MySQL native driver for PHP.2

References

  1. "What is a driver?". Microsoft. Retrieved 2 September 2018. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/gettingstarted/what-is-a-driver-

  2. "MySQL native driver for PHP - mysqlnd". MySQL. Retrieved 2 September 2018. https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/php-mysqlnd/