| A debug monitor is very powerful graphical or | | | | to the bank, there are special guards that stand |
| console mode tool that monitors all the activities | | | | watch to make sure no one tries to rob them |
| that are handled by the WinDriver Kernel. You can | | | | thus making the transaction go smoothly. Those |
| use the debug monitor to see how each | | | | guards could be the debug monitors in the |
| command that is sent to the kernel is executed. | | | | computer industry. |
| A WinDriver Kernel is a driver development toolkit | | | | If the debugging monitor locates a bug or defect |
| inside ones computer that simplifies the creation | | | | in any of the equipment, it will first try to |
| of drivers. A driver is used in a computer so that | | | | reproduce the problem which will allow a |
| the computer can read the devices that are in | | | | programmer to view each string that was within |
| the computer or that get attached to the | | | | the bug or defect range and try to fix it. A |
| computer. If you were to hook up a printer to | | | | programmer is a technician who has learned the |
| your computer, you would first need to install its | | | | basic format of computers that make them run. |
| driver so that the computer could create graphics | | | | These are strings of technical information that |
| or a console so that you could control your | | | | most people using computers will never see. For |
| printer through the computer. The same thing | | | | example, using a clock. The general public will plug |
| goes for audio devices, internet devices, video | | | | in the clock and use it to tell time but will not |
| devices. | | | | open it up to see how it works. That is saved for |
| A debug monitor, simply put, is a tool that helps | | | | the people who fix clocks. They are the |
| to find and reduce the number of bugs and | | | | programmers of clocks in the computer industry. |
| defects in a computer program or any electrical | | | | The programmer will delete strings or add new |
| device within or attached to the computer in | | | | ones and then use the debug monitor to |
| order to make it act the way it should. While the | | | | re-create the driver download to see if he fixed |
| driver is being created and downloaded, the debug | | | | the problem. This can be a tedious task with all |
| monitor helps it work properly. For example, when | | | | the processes that run in the computer, but the |
| an armored car drives up to a bank and the | | | | debug monitor helps to make it a lot easier. |
| guards have to transfer money from the truck | | | | |