Is operating system is a driver or not!

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Is operating system is a driver or not!

 
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i,have came through a problem that is the operating system is a driver or not,though i,know that an OS provides an environment to the drivers and specfically speaking it is drive the data from source(H/W orS/W)to the destination.but does really an OS is a driver though it also provides an interface between hardware and software.
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Re: Is operating system is a driver or not!

 
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Um, it's hard to understand you, so I'm going to guess that the answer depends on the definition of 'driver'.

Edit: but more seriously, I'd say no, based on the way the word 'driver' is used in common usage.
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A driver handles the abstraction of hardware to a software construct.

Operating systems handle allocation and management of other more abstract constructs (such as files, sockets, and processes), rather than JUST hardware access, as drivers do.

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thank you for your answer ,it has helped me to conclude the answer.
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