| English | Polish |
| boot critical driver | sterownik wymagany do rozruchu (A driver that must be available in order for the operating system to successfully complete the boot process. Boot critical drivers include all boot start drivers) |
| business driver | czynnik biznesowy (A condition or phenomenon that has the potential to impact a business either positively or negatively) |
| custom driver access | dostęp do sterownika niestandardowego (Device IO Control to 3rd party driver, a form of restricted device interface access for privileged apps) |
| data source driver | sterownik źródła danych (A program file used to connect to a specific database. Each database program or management system requires a different driver) |
| device driver | sterownik urządzenia (Software that enables hardware or peripherals (such as a printer, mouse, or keyboard) to work with your computer or mobile device) |
| device driver interface | interfejs sterowników urządzeń (A set of functions that are implemented by the operating system for use by drivers) |
| Device Driver Wizard | Kreator sterowników urządzeń (A wizard that helps a driver developer get the new driver packages up and going quickly in Visual Studio) |
| driver injection | iniekcja sterowników (The process of installing mass storage drivers into an offline Windows installation, such as from Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) into a restored system) |
| driver package | pakiet sterownika (A collection of files that comprise a driver) |
| Driver Project Conversion Tool | Narzędzie do konwersji projektów sterowników (A tool to help driver developers convert their existing driver source files into Windows 8 device drivers by using Visual Studio) |
| driver protection list | Lista ochrony sterowników (A list of drivers known to cause instabilities when installed under Microsoft Windows XP and later versions. The list is checked at the following times: during installation of Windows; each time the system is rebooted; each time a device or application is installed) |
| driver reflection | dublowanie sterownika (The process by which a driver file is copied to a location on the destination computer and the corresponding service is created) |
| driver stack | stos sterowników (A device object that forwards input/output request objects (IRPs) to other device objects. Stacking always occurs from the bottom up and is taken down from the top) |
| Early Launch Antimalware driver | sterownik usługi wczesnej ochrony przed złośliwym kodem (An antimalware driver that loads early in the boot process, to evaluate the safety of the other drivers being loaded. Based on a comparison against historical data for those drivers, the antimalware driver returns information to the kernel, which makes initialization decisions for each driver) |
| early-launch boot driver | sterownik rozruchowy wczesnej ochrony (An antimalware driver that loads early in the boot process, to evaluate the safety of the other drivers being loaded. Based on a comparison against historical data for those drivers, the antimalware driver returns information to the kernel, which makes initialization decisions for each driver) |
| ELAM driver | sterownik usługi wczesnej ochrony przed złośliwym kodem (An antimalware driver that loads early in the boot process, to evaluate the safety of the other drivers being loaded. Based on a comparison against historical data for those drivers, the antimalware driver returns information to the kernel, which makes initialization decisions for each driver) |
| in-box driver | sterownik wewnętrzny (A driver contained in the default Windows installation) |
| kernel-mode driver | sterownik trybu jądra (A driver for a logical, virtual, or physical device) |
| layered driver | sterownik warstwowy (One of a collection of drivers that responds to the same IRPs. Layered driver describes the highest-level and lowest-level drivers in a chain of layered drivers that process the same IRPs, along with all intermediate drivers in the chain) |
| minifilter driver | sterownik minifiltru (A driver used by anti-malware software, backup agents, and encryption products to intercept requests that are targeted at a file system, or another file system driver, before the request reaches its intended destination) |
| monolithic driver | sterownik monolityczny (A driver that is structured to handle all storage command processing from the driver class to the host bus attachment, residing in the code path either alongside Microsoft-supplied monolithic drivers, or alongside a Microsoft-supplied port driver and vendor-supplied miniport drivers) |
| network adapter driver | sterownik karty sieciowej (A device driver that works directly with the network adapter, acting as an intermediary between the adapter and the protocol driver) |
| network card driver | sterownik karty sieciowej (A device driver that works directly with the network card, acting as an intermediary between the card and the protocol driver) |
| ODBC driver | sterownik ODBC (A program file used to connect to a particular database. Each database program, such as Access or dBASE, or database management system, such as SQL Server, requires a different driver) |
| out-of-box driver | sterownik niedostarczony z systemem Windows (A driver that is not included with Windows) |
| printer driver | sterownik drukarki (The device that communicates between your software program and your printer) |
| signed driver | sterownik podpisany (A driver that meets the criteria of the Windows Logo Program. For performance and stability, Microsoft strongly recommends that you use only signed drivers for new or updated drivers) |
| static virtual device driver | statyczny sterownik urządzenia wirtualnego (A virtual device driver (VxD) that is statically loaded during system startup. A static VxD can be loaded in a number of different ways, including device enumeration by the Plug and Play (PnP)static device enumerator) |
| third-party driver | sterownik innej firmy (A driver created or provided by an entity outside Microsoft (distributed by a developer or an OEM)) |
| unsigned driver | niepodpisany sterownik (A driver that is not supported and that is not certified to work with a particular version of Windows) |
| virtual device driver | sterownik urządzenia wirtualnego (Software in Windows 9x that manages a hardware or software system resource. If a resource retains information from one access to the next that affects the way it behaves when accessed (for example, a disk controller with its status information and buffers), a virtual device driver must exist for it. Virtual device drivers are described using three-letter abbreviations beginning with V and ending with D; the middle letter indicates the type of device, such as D for a display, P for a printer, T for a timer, and x when the type of device is not under discussion) |
| virtual display device driver | sterownik urządzenia wirtualnego (Software in Windows 9x that manages a display) |
| Windows driver foundation | Windows Driver Foundation (A framework that provides prewritten support for the requirements of Windows driver model (WDM), giving Microsoft Windows device-driver developers the ability to better focus on their device models. The driver framework reduces the amount of new code required to provide a full-featured WDM device driver) |
| Windows Driver Kit | Zestaw sterowników systemu Windows (The SDK that contains all the tools and downloads needed to build a driver for Windows) |
| Windows Driver Library | Microsoft Windows Driver Library (A collection of hardware device drivers for a Microsoft Windows operating system that were not included in the original Windows package) |
| Windows Driver Model | WDM, Windows Driver Model (A driver model based on the Windows NT driver model that is designed to provide a common architecture of I/O services for Windows operating systems for specific classes of drivers. These driver classes include USB and IEEE 1394 buses, audio, still-image capture, video capture, and HID-compliant devices such as USB mice, keyboards, and joysticks. Provides a model for writing kernel-mode drivers and minidrivers, and provides extensions for Plug and Play and power management) |
