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A device driver is the operating system component that translates generic kernel requests into the specific commands a piece of hardware understands.
The kernel is the core of an operating system that runs in privileged mode and manages the CPU, memory, devices and access to hardware for all…
An operating system is the core system software that manages a computer's hardware, runs programs and provides common services to applications and users.
A system call is the controlled entry point through which a user program asks the operating system kernel to do privileged work such as file or…