<s>
A	O
driver	B-Application
wrapper	I-Application
is	O
a	O
subroutine	O
in	O
a	O
software	O
library	O
that	O
functions	O
as	O
an	O
adapter	O
between	O
an	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
and	O
a	O
driver	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
device	B-Application
driver	I-Application
,	O
that	O
was	O
not	O
designed	O
for	O
that	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
enable	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
devices	O
for	O
which	O
no	O
drivers	O
for	O
the	O
particular	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
are	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
is	O
the	O
dominant	O
family	O
of	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
for	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatible	O
computers	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
devices	O
are	O
supplied	O
with	O
drivers	O
for	O
Windows	O
but	O
not	O
other	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
open	O
source	O
software	O
projects	O
allow	O
using	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
drivers	O
under	O
another	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
,	O
such	O
as	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
include	O
network	O
drivers	O
for	O
wireless	O
cards	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
NDISwrapper	B-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
or	O
Project	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
for	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
)	O
and	O
the	O
NTFS	B-Application
file	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
see	O
Captive	B-Application
NTFS	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Limitations	O
for	O
driver	B-Application
wrappers	I-Application
include	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
an	O
ability	O
to	O
function	O
at	O
real	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
example	O
of	O
this	O
limitation	O
includes	O
latency	O
problems	O
as	O
those	O
associated	O
with	O
attempts	O
to	O
make	O
compatible	O
with	O
Linux	B-Application
the	O
ZoomR16	O
audio	O
DAW	O
sound	O
recorder	O
and	O
control	O
surface	O
.	O
</s>
