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    <desc>Un driver hardware permette al computer di usare i dispositivi ad esso collegati.</desc>
  <credit type="translator copyright"><name>Luca Ferretti</name><email>lferrett@gnome.org</email><years>2011, 2012</years></credit><credit type="translator copyright"><name>Flavia Weisghizzi</name><email>flavia.weisghizzi@ubuntu.com</email><years>2011, 2012</years></credit></info>

<title>Cos'e un driver?</title>

<p>Devices are the physical “parts” of your computer. They may be
<em>external</em> like printers and monitor or <em>internal</em> like graphics
and audio cards.</p>

<p>Il computer, per essere in grado di usare questi dispositivi, necessita di sapere come poter comunicare con essi. Queste informazioni vengono fornite da software chiamati <em>driver del dispositivo</em>.</p>

<p>When you attach a device to your computer, you must have the correct driver
installed for that device to work. For example, if you plug in a printer but
the correct driver is not available, you will not be able to use the printer.
Normally, each model of device uses a driver that is not compatible with any
other model.</p>

<p>Su Linux, sono già presenti i driver per la maggior parte dei dispositivi; per cui, una volta collegato, tutto dovrebbe funzionare correttamente. Potrebbe comunque essere necessario installare manualmente il driver oppure potrebbe non essere disponibile.</p>

<p>In addition, some existing drivers are incomplete or partially
non-functional. For example, you might find that your printer cannot do
double-sided printing, but is otherwise completely functional.</p>

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