Virtual Device Driver


Virtual Device Driver

(operating system)(VxD) A device driver under Windows 3.x/Windows 95 running as part of the kernel and thushaving access to the memory of the kernel and all runningprocesses as well as raw access to the hardware. VxD'susually have the filename extension .386 under Windows 3.xand .vxd under Windows 95. VxD's written for Windows 3.x canbe used under Windows 95 but not vice versa.