English Dictionary
◊ DERIVED
derived
adj 1: formed or developed from something else; not original; "the
belief that classes and organizations are secondary
and derived"- John Dewey [ant: {underived}]
2: determined by mathematical computation; "the calculated
velocity of a bullet"; "a derived value" [syn: {calculated}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN DRIVER?
driver
1. {device driver}.
2. The {main loop} of an event-processing
program; the code that gets commands and dispatches them for
execution.
3. In the {TeX} world and the computerised typesetting
world in general, a program that translates some
device-independent or other common format to something a real
device can actually understand.
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