How does Unix facilitate the installation of a new device without recompiling the OS?

Answer:
This is done via a technique known as a loadable driver; the actual hardware driver is loaded into the system dynamically. Since devices can be loaded and unloaded they do not have to be compiled into the system kernel.
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