A Basic Vocabulary
This book often uses the term "driver” rather than “device driver” because device drivers are not the only type of driver. A class of drivers known as software drivers works in much the same way as device drivers but do not manage a device. Filter drivers are the most common driver in this category.
To help you build a basic vocabulary for driver development, here are a few terms that you’ll find useful as you read further. See the glossary at the back of this book and the comprehensive glossary in the WDK for definitions of additional terms.
- arbitrary thread
The thread that happens to be running on a processor when the system borrows the thread to run a driver routine, such as an ISR. The driver routine does not know which process ...
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