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Transportation

* A person whose occupation or current activity is
driving Driving is the controlled operation and movement of a land vehicle, including cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses. A driver's permission to drive on public highways is granted based on a set of conditions being met, and drivers are required to ...
, or who is licensed to drive. **
Chauffeur A chauffeur () is a person employed to drive a passenger motor vehicle, especially a luxury vehicle such as a large sedan or a limousine. Initially, such drivers were often personal employees of the vehicle owner, but this has changed to s ...
, a person who drives an automobile as a job **
Motorman (locomotive) A motorman is a person who operates a tram (streetcar), light rail, or rapid transit train. A motorman is in charge of operating their train, applying power to traction motors, in the same sense as a railroad engineer is in charge of the engine. ...
, an electric vehicle driver **
Bus driver A bus driver, bus operator, or bus captain is a person who drives buses for a living. Description Bus drivers must have a special license above and beyond a regular driver's licence. Bus drivers typically drive their vehicles between bus st ...
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Truck driver A truck driver (commonly referred to as a trucker, teamster or driver in the United States and Canada; a truckie in Australia and New Zealand; an HGV driver in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the European Union, a lorry driver, or driver in ...
* SS ''Empire Driver'' or SS ''Driver'', a cargo ship * Driver (sail), a type of sail *
Driver Group Driver Group is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. In July 2013 the five bus routes it operated were sold to CDC Victoria and was rebranded CDC Melbourne afterwards. History Driver Brothers was formed in March 1931, when Eric ...
, an Australian bus company


People

* Driver (surname)


Places

* Driver, Arkansas, United States *
Driver, Northern Territory Driver is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston. It is 23 km SE of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston. Durack is bounded to the north by University Ave, to the west Elrundie Avenue, to the east Temple Terrac ...
, Australia * Drivers, Illinois, United States * Driver, Virginia, United States


Sport

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Wood (golf) A wood is a type of golf club, club used in the sport of golf. Woods have longer shafts and larger, rounder heads than other club types, and are used to hit the golf ball, ball longer distances than other types. Woods are so called because, trad ...
, a golf club * Driver, a type of disc golf disc * Driver, a position in
water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...
* Driver, a kind of throw in professional wrestling


Computing and electronics

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Device driver In the context of an operating system, a device driver is a computer program that operates or controls a particular type of device that is attached to a computer or automaton. A driver provides a software interface to hardware devices, enabli ...
, software used to interact with hardware devices *
Driver (software) A driver in software provides a programming interface to control and manage specific lower-level interfaces that are often linked to a specific type of hardware, or other low-level service. In the case of hardware, the specific subclass of driver ...
, a general term for a programming interface to control and manage lower level interface(s) *
Database driver In computing, Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is a standard application programming interface (API) for accessing database management systems (DBMS). The designers of ODBC aimed to make it independent of database systems and operating systems. A ...
, application programming interface software used to interact with databases in accordance with Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) standard *In
3D computer animation Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animati ...
, a driver of a property animates its value over time based some other property *
Driver circuit In electronics, a driver is a electrical circuit, circuit or electronic component, component used to control another circuit or component, such as a high-power transistor, liquid crystal display (LCD), stepper motors, Static random-access memor ...
, in electronics, a circuit or component used to control another circuit or component *
Speaker driver An electrodynamic speaker driver, often called simply a speaker driver when the type is implicit, is an individual transducer that converts an electrical audio signal to sound waves. While the term is sometimes used interchangeably with the te ...
, a transducer in a loudspeaker


Military

* HMS ''Driver'', two British Royal Navy ships *
Driver (rank) {{unreferenced, date=October 2012 Driver (Dvr) was a military rank used in the British Army and the armies of other Commonwealth countries. It was equivalent to the rank of private. The rank was initially used in the Royal Artillery for the men w ...
, British army rank


Arts and entertainment

* ''Driver'' (series), series of video games ** ''Driver'' (video game), the first game in the series ** ''
Driver 2 ''Driver 2'' (also known as ''Driver 2: Back on the Streets'' and as ''Driver 2: The Wheelman Is Back'' in North America) is a 2000 action driving video game and the second installment of the '' Driver'' series. It was developed by Reflections ...
'', the second game in the series ** ''
Driver 3 ''Driver 3'' (stylized as ''DRIV3R'') is a 2004 action-adventure game, the third installment in the ''Driver'' series. It was developed by Reflections Interactive, published by Atari, and released on PlayStation 2, Xbox and mobile phones in Jun ...
'', the third game in the series ** '' Driver: Parallel Lines'', the fourth game in the series ** ''
Driver 76 ''Driver '76'' is a 2007 action-adventure and driving video game for the PlayStation Portable. It was developed by Ubisoft Reflections and Sumo Digital, and published by Ubisoft, and is the only ''Driver'' title for the system. The game is a p ...
'', a 2007 PSP game ** '' Driver: Vegas'', a 2005 mobile game ** '' Driver: L.A. Undercover'', a 2007 mobile game ** '' Driver: San Francisco'', the fifth game in the series ** '' Driver: Renegade'', a 2011 3DS game * ''Driver'' (Adult Mom album), 2021 * Driver (Ferron album), 1994 * "Driver" (Blue October song) * ''Faster'', a 2010 film known as ''Driver'' in certain English-speaking countries/regions


See also

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The Driver (disambiguation) '' The Driver'' is a 1978 crime film. The Driver may also refer to: * ''The Driver'' (TV series), a British crime drama television serial * ''The Driver'' (Buddy Rich album), 1960 * ''The Driver'' (Charles Kelley album), 2016 * ''The Driver'' (nov ...
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Drive (disambiguation) Drive or The Drive may refer to: Motoring * Driving, the act of controlling a vehicle * Road trip, a journey on roads Roadways Roadways called "drives" may include: * Driveway, a private road for local access to structures, abbreviated "drive" * ...
* Drover (disambiguation) * Pilot (disambiguation) * '' Dorylus'', the driver ant *
Screwdriver A screwdriver is a tool, manual or powered, used for turning screws. Description A typical simple screwdriver has a handle and a shaft, ending in a tip the user puts into the screw head before turning the handle. This form of the screwdriver ...
, mechanical device used to tighten or loosen screws *
Pile driver A pile driver is a heavy-duty tool used to drive piles into soil to build piers, bridges, cofferdams, and other "pole" supported structures, and patterns of pilings as part of permanent deep foundations for buildings or other structures. Pili ...
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Taxi Driver ''Taxi Driver'' is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. Set in a morally decaying New York City following the Vietnam War, it stars Robert De Niro as veteran Marine and ...
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Train driver A train driver is a person who operates a train, railcar, or other rail transport vehicle. The driver is in charge of and is responsible for the mechanical operation of the train, train speed, and all of the train handling (also known as bra ...
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Co-driver A co-driver is the navigator of a rally car in the sport of rallying, who sits in the front passenger seat. The co-driver's job is to navigate, commonly by reading off a set of pacenotes to the driver (what lies ahead, where to turn, the severity ...
* Driving moccasins or "drivers" * * {{disambiguation, geo