Some ways to do input and output (I/O operations) are:

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a user program issues a special system call which is translated to a procedure call to the driver

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driver starts the device and asks it to give an interrupt when it is finished

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by using the special DMA chip

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by installing special software into BIOS

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by making program directly send a flow of bits to a device which converts these bits into understandable commands

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