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driv·er / ˈdrīvər/ • n. 1. a person who drives a vehicle: a taxi driver | student drivers. ∎ a person who drives a specified kind of animal: mule drivers. 2. a wheel or other part in a mechanism that receives power directly and transmits motion to other parts. ∎ Electr. a device or part of a circuit that provides power for output. ∎ Comput. a program that controls the operation of a device such as a printer or scanner. 3. a golf club with a flat face and wooden head, used for driving from the tee. PHRASES: in the driver's seat in control of or dominating a situation: the tax issue is back in the driver's seat of American politics.DERIVATIVES: driv·er·less adj. |
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"driver." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "driver." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-driver.html "driver." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-driver.html |
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1. A routine within an operating system that handles the individual peripheral units on the computer system. Of necessity a driver routine is required to deal with the intimate details of the construction of each unit and of its real-time behavior. Consequently at least some of the driver will often need to be written in a machine-oriented programming language. 2. An electronic circuit, often available in the form of a logic gate, that is capable of providing large currents or voltages to other circuits connected to the driver's output. These devices are often used to place signals onto bus lines, hence the term bus driver. |
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JOHN DAINTITH. "driver." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "driver." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-driver.html JOHN DAINTITH. "driver." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-driver.html |
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1. A sail in the form of a studding sail set to augment, and sometimes replace, the spanker. In its original form, about 1700, it was a narrow sail hoisted to the peak of a loose-footed mizzen with a short jackyard and sheeted independently to an outrigger extended from the poop. When used with a boomed spanker the driver used a lower yard, and was sheeted directly to the boom end. Development included the use of a large light sail set with the spanker furled. 2. A term sometimes used for the spanker especially if the boom extends over the transom. |
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"driver." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "driver." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-driver.html "driver." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-driver.html |
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driver
•aquiver, downriver, forgiver, giver, quiver, river, shiver, sliver, upriver
•silver • mitzvah • lawgiver • Oliver
•miniver, Nineveh
•quicksilver
•conniver, contriver, diver, driver, fiver, Godiva, Ivor, jiver, Liver, reviver, saliva, skiver, striver, survivor, viva
•skydiver • slave-driver • piledriver
•screwdriver
•bovver, hover
•Moskva
•revolver, solver
•windhover
•Canova, Casanova, clover, Dover, drover, Grsbover, Jehovah, left-over, Markova, Moldova, moreover, Navrátilová, nova, ova, over, Pavlova, rover, trover, up-and-over
•layover • flyover • handover
•changeover
•makeover, takeover
•walkover • spillover • pullover
•Hanover • turnover • hangover
•wingover • sleepover • slipover
•popover, stopover
•Passover • crossover • once-over
•pushover • leftover
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"driver." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "driver." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-driver.html "driver." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-driver.html |
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