Driver wrapper

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A driver wrapper is a subroutine in a software library that functions as an adapter between an operating system and a driver, such as a device driver, that was not designed for that operating system.^[1] It can enable the use of devices for which no drivers for the particular operating system are available. In particular, as of 2010^[update] Microsoft Windows is the dominant family of operating systems for IBM PC compatible computers, and many devices are supplied with drivers for Windows but not other operating systems.