Definition: Interface controller


The chip or circuit that translates computer data and commands into a form suitable for use by the hard drive and controls the transfer of data between the buffer and the host. (See disk controller and disk drive controller.)




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Driver

A small software program that controls specific device. Every device has its own driver, for example printer and modem. The driver software is not for the end user else it tells the computer how to interact with the specific device.

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