| Subject | English | Chinese Taiwan |
| comp., MS | boot critical driver | 開機關鍵驅動程式 (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) |
| comp., MS | business driver | 業務驅策因素 (A brief statement that defines clearly and specifically the desired business outcomes of the organization along with the necessary activities to reach them) |
| comp., MS | class driver | 類別驅動程式 (An intermediate driver that provides a simple interface between a minidriver and the operating system) |
| comp., MS | custom driver access | 自訂驅動程式存取 (Device IO Control to 3rd party driver, a form of restricted device interface access for privileged apps) |
| comp., MS | data source driver | 資料來源驅動程式 (A program file used to connect to a specific database. Each database program or management system requires a different driver) |
| comp., MS | device driver | 裝置驅動程式 (Software that enables hardware or peripherals (such as a printer, mouse, or keyboard) to work with your computer or mobile device) |
| comp., MS | device driver interface | 裝置驅動程式介面 (A set of functions that are implemented by the operating system for use by drivers) |
| comp., MS | Device Driver Wizard | 裝置驅動程式精靈 (A wizard that helps a driver developer get the new driver packages up and going quickly in Visual Studio) |
| comp., MS | driver injection | 驅動程式導入 (The process of installing mass storage drivers into an offline Windows installation, such as from Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) into a restored system) |
| comp., MS | driver package | 驅動程式套件 (A collection of files that comprise a driver) |
| comp., MS | Driver Project Conversion Tool | 驅動程式專案轉換工具 (A tool to help driver developers convert their existing driver source files into Windows 8 device drivers by using Visual Studio) |
| comp., MS | driver protection list | 驅動程式保護清單 (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) |
| comp., MS | driver reflection | 驅動程式反射 (The process by which a driver file is copied to a location on the destination computer and the corresponding service is created) |
| comp., MS | driver stack | 驅動程式堆疊 (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) |
| comp., MS | in-box driver | 附隨驅動程式 (A driver contained in the default Windows installation) |
| comp., MS | kernel-mode driver | 核心模式驅動程式 (A driver for a logical, virtual, or physical device) |
| comp., MS | layered driver | 層次驅動程式 (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) |
| comp., MS | Microsoft Windows Driver Library | Microsoft Windows 驅動程式程式庫 (A collection of hardware device drivers for a Microsoft Windows operating system that were not included in the original Windows package) |
| comp., MS | minifilter driver | 迷你篩選器驅動程式 (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) |
| comp., MS | monolithic driver | 整合型驅動程式 (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) |
| comp., MS | network adapter driver | 網路介面卡驅動程式 (A device driver that works directly with the network adapter, acting as an intermediary between the adapter and the protocol driver) |
| comp., MS | network card driver | 網路卡驅動程式 (A device driver that works directly with the network card, acting as an intermediary between the card and the protocol driver) |
| comp., MS | ODBC driver | ODBC 驅動程式 (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) |
| comp., MS | out-of-box driver | 非預設驅動程式 (A driver that is not included with Windows) |
| comp., MS | printer driver | 印表機驅動程式 (The device that communicates between your software program and your printer) |
| comp., MS | RsFx driver | RsFx 驅動程式 (A file-system filter driver to aid access to the data through the NTFS Streaming APIs for the filestream data type) |
| comp., MS | signed driver | 已簽署的驅動程式 (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) |
| comp., MS | static virtual device driver | 靜態虛擬裝置驅動程式 (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) |
| comp., MS | store driver | 儲存區驅動程式 (A software component of the Hub Transport Server that delivers inbound messages to Exchange stores, the databases that contain public folder and mailbox stores. The store driver is also responsible for retrieving messages from a user's outbox and submitting it for delivery) |
| comp., MS | third-party driver | 其他廠商驅動程式 (A driver created or provided by an entity outside Microsoft (distributed by a developer or an OEM)) |
| comp., MS | unsigned driver | 未簽署的驅動程式 (A driver that is not supported and that is not certified to work with a particular version of Windows) |
| comp., MS | virtual display device driver | 虛擬顯示裝置驅動程式 (Software in Windows 9x that manages a display) |
| comp., MS | Windows Display Driver Model | Windows 顯示驅動程式模型 (The display driver architecture for Windows Vista and beyond that allows for the visual effects seen on a user's desktop to scale relative to the available graphics hardware) |
| comp., MS | Windows driver foundation | Windows 驅動程式基礎 (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) |
| comp., MS | Windows Driver Kit | Windows 驅動程式套件 (The SDK that contains all the tools and downloads needed to build a driver for Windows) |
| comp., MS | Windows Driver Library | Windows 驅動程式程式庫 (A collection of hardware device drivers for a Microsoft Windows operating system that were not included in the original Windows package) |