Driver
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Driver may refer to:
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[edit] Places
- Driver, Northern Territory, Australia
- Driver, Virginia, USA
[edit] Surnames of people
- Alexander Gooch and Alice Driver (both died 1558), English Protestant martyrs
- Andrew Driver (born 1987), English professional footballer
- Betty Driver (born 1920), English singer, actress and author
- Bruce Driver (born 1962), Canadian ice-hockey player
- Charles Henry Driver (1832-1900), British architect
- Chris Driver, English entertainer
- Donald Driver (born 1975), American football player
- Faredoon Driver (1903 - 1982), Indian sage
- Sir Godfrey Rolles Driver (1892 - 1975), English orientalist
- James G. Driver, American college basketball coach
- Jeremiah Driver (1861 - 1946), English cricketer
- Jon Driver, British psychologist and neuroscientist
- Michael B. Driver (1868-1942), American politician
- Minnie Driver (born 1970), English actress and singer
- Moses Driver, Fijian police officer
- Oliver Driver (born 1974), New Zealand actor and director
- Paddy Driver (born 1934), South African motorcyclist and racing driver
- Richard Driver (1829 – 1880), Australian solicitor, politician and cricket administrator
- Ryan Driver (born 1979), English cricketer
- Samuel Rolles Driver (1846 - 1914), English biblical scholar
- Brown Driver Briggs, Hebrew lexicon of which S. R. Driver was co-author
- Sara Driver, American filmmaker
- Toby Driver, avant-garde musician, founder of Kayo Dot
- William Driver (1803–1886), American ship's captain who coined the phrase "Old Glory" for the U.S. flag
- William J. Driver (1873–1948), American politician from Arkansas
- William L. Driver, American football coach for Washburn University, Mississippi, TCU and UC Davis
- Busdriver, American rapper
fictional:
- Laurie Driver, character who occasionally appears in Viz
[edit] Occupation and activity
A person who drives a motor vehicle of any sort:
- Driver, a person engaged in driving
- Co-driver
- Designated driver, one who abstains from alcohol when others are drinking
- Back seat driver
- Intelligent Driver Model, model used in traffic analysis
- Remove Intoxicated Drivers, US organization
- Bikers Against Drunk Drivers, Canadian organization
[edit] Driver licences
- Driver's license
- International Drivers License
- International Driving Permit
- Driver's license in the United States
- Graduated driver's licenses (USA)
- National Driver Register (USA)
- Driver License Compact (USA)
- Driver License Agreement (USA)
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (UK)
- Driver & Vehicle Agency (Northern Ireland)
- Driver's licence in Australia
- Driver's licence in Canada
- Driver's license in Iran
- Driver licensing in New Zealand
- Driver's license in the Philippines
- Eliot Spitzer drivers license controversy (New York state)
- Coalition for a Secure Driver's License (USA)
[edit] Car racing
- Pay driver, independent racing driver
- Test driver
- Third driver
[edit] Other professionals
- Driver, a Chauffeur, a person who drives an automobile as a job
- Association of Pizza Delivery Drivers USA trades union
- Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers, London taxi trade Livery Company
- Bus driver
- Truck driver
- Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association
- Professional Truck Driver Institute (USA)
- Commercial driver's license (USA)
- Commercial driver's license training (USA)
- Commercial Driver's License Information System (USA)
- Drivers' working hours, European Union regulations
- NLRB v. Truck Drivers Local 449, 1957 US Supreme Court decision
- Train driver or Railroad engineer
- Driver reminder appliance, safety device for use of train driver
- Electric vehicle driver, usually known as Motorman
- Driver (rank), British army rank
- Driver and Mechanic Badge, US Army
[edit] In sport
- IRB driver, person controlling IRB
- Driver, a Wood (golf), that is a golf club
- Driver, a position in water polo
- Driver (sail), a type of sail
- Hell Drivers, stunt driving
[edit] Competitive driving organizations
- List of Formula One drivers
- List of Formula One driver records
- List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions
- Grand Prix Drivers' Association
- List of NASCAR drivers
- NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers
- NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award
- British Racing Drivers' Club
- List of World Rally Championship drivers
- List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions
- List of Champ Car drivers
- FIA European Championships for Rallycross Drivers
- Short-course Off-road Drivers Association (USA)
- American Racing Drivers Club
- Best Driver ESPY Award
- List of ARCA drivers
- List of GP2 Series drivers
- List of GP2 Asia Series drivers
- List of International Formula 3000 drivers
- List of Superleague Formula drivers
- Australian Drivers' Championship
[edit] In mechanical engineering
- Syringe driver
- Screwdriver, mechanical device used to tighten or loosen screws
- Impact driver
- Pile driver
- Driving wheel, part of a steam locomotive
- Driverless car
- Mass driver, speculative spacecraft drive
[edit] In electronics
Circuitry which outputs a signal to operate a later stage or transducer.
- Driver circuit
- Line driver
- Linear Transformer Driver, device for producing very large current pulses
- Speaker driver
[edit] In computing
Software used to interface a particular hardware device with an operating system
- Device driver, general term for a software component used to interact with hardware devices
- Nexus driver
- Omega drivers
- Driver wrapper
- JDBC driver
- OpenLink ODBC Drivers
- IBM Subsystem Device Driver
- Comparison of open source wireless drivers
- Commodore Amiga MIDI Driver
[edit] Microsoft Windows driver elements
- Transport Driver Interface
- Broadcast Driver Architecture
- Network Driver Interface Specification
- Windows Display Driver Model
- Windows Driver Model
- Windows Driver Foundation
- Windows Driver Kit
- Filter driver
[edit] Arcade and video games
- Night Driver, 1976 arcade game
- Ace Driver 3D racing arcade game released in 1994
- Ace Driver: Victory Lap
- Driver (series), series of video games
- Driver (video game), the first game in the series
- Driver 2, the second game in the series
- Driv3r, the third game in the series
- Driver: Parallel Lines, the fourth game in the series
- Driver: Vegas
- Driver: LA Undercover
- Car Driver
- Bus Driver (video game)
- Race Driver: GRID
- TOCA Race Driver 3
- Driver 76
- Stunt Driver
- World Driver Championship
- Race Driver 2006
- Race Driver: Create and Race
- Car and Driver (video game)
- Chase: Hollywood Stunt Driver
[edit] Music
- Driver 8, single from R.E.M.
- Driver's Seat, 1978 hit song
- Mr. Cab Driver, 1990 number from Lenny Kravitz
- Jerry Was a Race Car Driver, 1991 number from Primus
- The Bus Driver's Prayer & Other Stories, 1992 album by Ian Dury
- Driver's High, 1999 number from L'Arc-en-ciel
- Project Driver, album by M.A.R.S.
- Jatt Driver Fauji, 2005 album by Kulwinder Dhillon
- Sunday Driver, American band
- The Spike Drivers, American band
- The Log Driver's Waltz, Canadian folk song
- Taxi Driver (song), by Gym Class heroes
[edit] Books and films
- California Drivers Handbook
- Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver 1960 German fantasy novel by Michael Ende
- The Driver's Seat (novel), by Muriel Spark
- Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers, 1989 book based on TV series
- The Deluge Drivers, 1982 science fiction novel by Alan Dean Foster
- The Reckless Driver, 1946 cartoon film
- Taxi Driver (1954 film), Hindi film
- Hell Drivers (film), 1957
- Adventures of a Taxi Driver, British comedy film
- The Driver, 1978 film
- Pedicab Driver, 1989 film
- The Leader, His Driver and the Driver's Wife, 1991 documentary film about apartheid in South Africa
- Forklift Driver Klaus - The First Day on the Job, 2000 parody of work safety films
- Sunday Driver (film), 2005 documentary
- A Driver for Vera 2004 Ukrainian film
- Drivers Wanted, 2005 comedy film
- Hollywood Stunt Driver
- éX-Driver, manga series
- AM Driver, anime series
- Bus Driver's Prayer, comic poem
- Transmetal Driver sci-fi artifact
[edit] Magazines and television
- Drivers Republic, British-based website
- Car and Driver, American magazine
- Roush Racing: Driver X, television show
- NASCAR Drivers: Non-Stop, television series
- Canada's Worst Driver, television show
- Canada's Worst Driver 2
- Canada's Worst Driver 3
- Canada's Worst Driver 4
- Britain's Worst Driver, televisoion show
- Britain's Worst Celebrity Driver, television show
- World's Worst Driver, UK television show
[edit] Other uses
- Driver ant or Dorylus
- HMS Driver
- Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research, (DRIVER) project, A European project aiming to build a virtual infrastructure to support the European Information Space
- Potential Getaway Driver, independent record label
- Driver Group, Australian bus company
- Drivers Jonas, British property consultants
- Driver Hearing, legal process (New Jersey, USA) on applicability of sound recordings as evidence
- Cost driver, accounting concept
[edit] See also
- Glossary of rail terminology
- Pile driver (disambiguation)
- Screwdriver (disambiguation)
- Taxi Driver (disambiguation)
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