Drivers Windows XP

A driver is a small piece of software that tells the operating system and other software on how to communicate with a piece of hardware.

For example, all printers are accompanied with drivers before it can be installed. For drivers windows XP, tells the operating system exactly how to print information on the page. Sound card drivers tell your software exactly on how to translate data into audio signals that the card can output to a set of speakers. The same applies to video cards, keyboards, monitors, and the rest of the different kinds of hardware.

The drivers for each piece of hardware in your Windows computer are centrally managed from Device Manager, available in all versions of Microsoft Windows.
Hardware, in the computer world, refers to the physical components that make up a computer system.

There are many, many different kinds of hardware that can be installed and connected inside the computer. However, there are several standard pieces of hardware that can be found as part of nearly every computer:

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• Motherboard - serves to connect all of the parts of a computer together. The CPU, memory, hard drives, optical drives, video card, sound card and other ports and expansion cards all connect to the motherboard directly or via cables. The motherboard can be thought of as the "back bone" of the computer. It is also known as main board, mobo (abbreviation), MB (abbreviation), system board or logic board.

• Central Processing Unit - The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is responsible for interpreting and executing most of the commands from the computer's hardware and software. It is often called the "brains" of the computer. The CPU is also known as processor, microprocessor or central processor.

• Random Access Memory or RAM - Random Access Memory (RAM) is the "working memory" in a computer. Additional RAM allows a computer to work with more information at the same time which can have an enormous effect on total system performance. It is also known as main memory, internal memory, primary storage, memory "stick" or RAM "stick".

• Power Supply - The power supply's job is to convert the power provided from the outlet into usable power for the many parts inside the computer case. It is also known as PSU (power supply unit), power pack or power converter.

• Video Card - The video card is an expansion card that allows the computer to send graphical information to a video display device such as a monitor or projector. The Video Card is also known as graphics card, graphics adapter or video adapter.

• Hard Drive - The hard disk drive is the main and usually the largest data storage device in a computer. The operating system, software titles and most other files are stored in the hard disk drive. The Hard Disk Drive is also known as HDD (abbreviation), hard drive, hard disk, fixed drive or fixed disk.

• Optical Drive or DVD/CD Drive - Optical drives retrieve and/or store data on optical discs like CDs, DVDs, and BDs (Blu-ray Discs) which hold much more information than classic portable media options like the floppy disk. The Optical Disc Drive is also known as optical drive, CD drive, DVD drive, BD drive, or commonly disc drive.

• Sound Card - The sound card is an expansion card that allows the computer to send audio information to any compatible audio device such as a set of speakers. It is also known as audio card, audio adapter or sound adapter.

• Keyboard - The keyboard is an input device designed to enter text, characters and other commands into the computer.

• Mouse - The mouse is an input device designed to manipulate objects on the computer screen. It is also known as pointer.

• Monitor - The monitor displays the video and graphics information generated by the computer through the video card. Monitors are very similar to televisions but display information at a much higher quality. It is also known as screen, display, video display or video screen.

• Printer - a printer driver or a print processor is a piece of software that converts the data to be printed to the form specific to a printer. The purpose of printer drivers is to allow applications to do printing without being aware of the technical details of each printer model.

Device Manager is used for changing hardware configuration options, managing drivers, disabling and enabling hardware, identifying conflicts between hardware devices, and much more. Think of Device Manager as the master list of hardware that Windows understands. All the hardware on your computer can be configured from this centralized utility.

Updating a driver can also enable new or updated features for the hardware. Usually, a driver update is used as a solution to an issue with how Windows works with a piece of hardware.

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