Driver

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Contents 1 Places 2 Surnames of people 3 Occupation and activity 3.1 Driver licences 3.2 Car racing 3.3 Other professionals 4 In sport 5 Competitive driving organizations 6 In mechanical engineering 7 In electronics 8 In computing 8.1 Microsoft Windows driver elements 9 Arcade and video games 10 Music 11 Books and films 12 Magazines and television 13 Other uses 14 See also

Places

• Driver, Northern Territory, Australia
• Driver, Virginia, USA

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

Occupation and activity

A person who drives a motor vehicle of any sort:

• Driver, a person engaged in driving
  • Driver's Education
  • Driving test
  • Driver visibility
  • Advanced driver assistance systems
  • High Performance Drivers Education
  • Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme (UK)
  • Driver's Vision Enhancer
  • Driver Monitoring System
  • Ten Commandments for Drivers, 2007 document from the Vatican
  • Association of British Drivers
• 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

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)

Car racing

• Pay driver, independent racing driver
• Test driver
• Third driver
  • Driver development program
  • Renault Driver Development

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

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

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

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
  • Mass Driver 1

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
  • Compression driver

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
  • Printer driver
  • Mirror driver
  • Uniform Driver Interface
  • Class driver
• Nexus driver
  • Leaf driver
• Omega drivers
• Driver wrapper
• JDBC driver
• OpenLink ODBC Drivers
• IBM Subsystem Device Driver
• Comparison of open source wireless drivers
• Commodore Amiga MIDI Driver

Microsoft Windows driver elements

• Transport Driver Interface
• Broadcast Driver Architecture
• Network Driver Interface Specification
• Windows Display Driver Model
• Windows Driver Model
• Windows Driver Foundation
  • Kernel-Mode Driver Framework
  • User-Mode Driver Framework
• Windows Driver Kit
• Filter driver

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

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

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

Magazines and television

• Drivers Republic, British-based website
• Car and Driver, American magazine
  • Car and Driver Ten Best
  • Car And Driver Television
• 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

Other uses

• Driver ant or Dorylus
• HMS Driver
  • HMS Driver (1840)
• 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

See also

• Glossary of rail terminology
• Pile driver (disambiguation)
• Screwdriver (disambiguation)
• Taxi Driver (disambiguation)

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