For Driver we have terms and definitions in 24 topics. The topics are Audio Technology, Bobsledding, Business Process, Car Audio, Computer Hardware, Computer Virus, DVD, DVD and CD, Data Recovery, Digital Imaging, Explosives, Finance, Global History, Golf, Home Theater, Import Cars, LCD Displays, Laptop, Linux, Red Hat, Nautical, Newton, Photography, Pirate and Technology.

Driver (Audio Technology)

"Driver" always refers to a single naked speaker (e.g. a woofer or a tweeter) rather than an ensemble of drivers, enclosure, and crossover network, which is a loudspeaker. The primary parts of a driver are (1) the cone, which moves the air, and (2) the voice coil and magnet, which moves the cone. See a cut-away drawing of a driver (8.2 kb). Sometimes "loudspeaker" is used to mean "driver."

Driver (Bobsledding)

The front person in the bobsled, who's responsible for steering. The essential job of the driver is to maintain the straightest possible line down the course by minimizing rocking and skidding in the curves.

Driver (Business Process)

The root cause of a condition or measurement that is felt downstream in a process as in cost driver and quality driver.

Driver (Car Audio)

Just another word for a speaker. (e.g., When two 4-ohm drivers are wired in parallel, then that presents a 2-ohm load to the amplifier.)

Driver (Computer Hardware)

A driver is a special program written for a specific device, such as a mouse or video card. The program contains special knowledge of the device, and helps other programs interact with it.

Driver (Computer Virus)

A program that interprets commands for transferring to and from peripheral devices and the CPU.

Driver (DVD)

A software component that enables an application to communicate with a hardware device.

Driver (DVD and CD)

A software component that enables an application to communicate with a hardware device.

Driver (Data Recovery)

A program designed to interface a particular piece of hardware to an operating system or other software.

Driver (Digital Imaging)

A form of buffer - a circuit designed to isolate a load from the driving force.

Driver (Explosives)

A small unit similar to an explosive switch in which a piston is pushed forward by a small explosive and / or propellant charge.

Driver (Finance)

In a spreadsheet, any cell that is used as an input to another cell is said to be a Driver. For example, a row for “# of units sold” would be a key driver of “total revenue”.

Driver (Global History)

A privileged male slave whose job was to ensure that a slave gang did its work on a plantation. (p. 503)

Driver (Golf)

The No. 1 wood, the longest hitting club, used most often from the tee on a hole requiring maximum distance.

Driver (Home Theater)

A speaker without an enclosure; also refers to the active element of a speaker system that creates compressions and rarefactions in the air.

Driver (Import Cars)

1. The operator of a vehicle. 2. A car for everyday use.[3] An electronic switch (transistor) used to open and close the ground circuit of verious output devices.

Driver (LCD Displays)

Voltage IC mounted on the display, which provides the voltage to each row and column (do not confuse with the controller IC).

Driver (Laptop)

Software that comes with a peripheral. Drivers allow the peripheral to communicate with the laptop.

Driver (Linux, Red Hat)

See device module.

Driver (Nautical)

The large sail flown from the mizzen gaff.

Driver (Newton)

See Device Driver.

Driver (Photography)

A software utility designed to tell a computer how to operate a external device. For instance, to operate a printer or a scanner, a computer will need a specific driver.

Driver (Pirate)

A large sail suspended from the mizzen gaff; a jib-headed spanker.

Driver (Technology)

A hardware device or a program that controls or regulates another device. A line driver, for example, boosts signals transmitted over a communications line. A device driver is a device-specific control program that enables a computer to work with a particular device, such as a printer or a disk drive. See also device driver.

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