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Drive: Basic urge, instinct, motivation; a term used to avoid confusion with the more purely biological concept of instinct.

Virtual Device Driver (VDD): In Windows systems, a special type of device driver that has direct access to the operating system kernel. This allows them to interact with system and hardware resources at a very low level . . . View Full Definition

No Drive No Five: An expression meaning that to take out the five pin on a pocket hit, the ball must drive through the deflection from the headpin to hit the five pin.

Zip Drive: An external drive that supports 100MB magnetic media on a 3.5 inch removable drive.

Lens Drive System: Used in autofocus slr cameras. One type has a motor located inside the lens: in another, a motor inside the camera body turns the lens via a drive shaft.

Drive Time: A measure of geographic accessibility determined by how long members in the plan's service area have to drive to reach a primary care provider.

Shaft Drive: Shaft Drive is a method to transmit power from the transmission to the rear wheel of the motorcycle using a shaft. The shaft is much like the driveshaft on an automobile. One end connects to . . . View Full Definition

Electrostatic Driver: The Electrostatic Driver generates a motive force for its diaphragm by the interaction of electric rather than magnetic fields as is the case for the dynamic driver. The electrostatic driver . . . View Full Definition

Final Drive: Means of transmitting power to the driven wheel, usually by chain, shaft, or belt.

Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE): Specifically refers to a hard disk with the disk controller integrated into it. Also refers to the ATA interface. IDE drives are characterized by a wide ribbon cable connecting the drive to . . . View Full Definition