[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

drive \drive\ drimacv, n.
   1. the act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage,
      as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride
      taken on horseback.
      1913 webster

   2. a place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared
      for driving.
      1913 webster

   3. violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a
      forced or hurried dispatch of business.
      1913 webster

            the murdstonian drive in business.    --m. arnold.
      1913 webster

   4. in type founding and forging, an impression or matrix,
      formed by a punch drift.
      1913 webster

   5. a collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to
      be floated down a river. colloq.

   syn: see ride.
        1913 webster

   6. a private road; a driveway.
      pjc

   7. a strong psychological motivation to perform some
      activity.
      pjc

   8. computers a device for reading or writing data from or
      to a data storage medium, as a disk drive, a tape
      drive, a cd drive, etc.
      pjc

   9. an organized effort by a group to accomplish a goal within
      a limited period of time; as, a fund-raising drive.
      pjc

   10. a physiological function of an organism motivating it to
       perform specific behaviors; as, the sex drive.
       pjc

   11. football the period during which one team sustains
       movement of the ball toward the opponent's goal without
       losing possession of the ball; as, a long drive
       downfield.
       pjc

   12. an act of driving a vehicle, especially an automobile;
       the journey undertaken by driving an automobile; as, to
       go for a drive in the country.
       pjc

   13. the mechanism which causes the moving parts of a machine
       to move; as, a belt drive.
       pjc

   14. the way in which the propulsive force of a vehicle is
       transmitted to the road; as, a car with four-wheel drive,
       front-wheel drive, etc.
       pjc
see also:
ride disk drive tape drive cd drive 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tape drive
     n : a mechanism that transport magnetic tape across the
         read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder syn: tape
         transport, transport
see also:
tape transport transport 

[3] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

tape drive
     
        magnetic tape drive
     
     
see also:
magnetic tape drive 

Drive >> D Words
Drive, definition of term: Drive
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Drive Up >> D Words
Drive Up, definition of term: Drive Up
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Drive Off >> D Words
Drive Off, definition of term: Drive Off
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Drive Crazy >> D Words
Drive Crazy, definition of term: Drive Crazy
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Floppy Drive >> F Words
Floppy Drive, definition of term: Floppy Drive
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Disc Drive >> D Words
Disc Drive, definition of term: Disc Drive
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Disk Drive >> D Words
Disk Drive, definition of term: Disk Drive
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Adhesive Tape >> A Words
Adhesive Tape, definition of term: Adhesive Tape
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Cd-Rom Drive >> C Words
Cd-Rom Drive, definition of term: Cd-Rom Drive
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Hard Disk Drive >> H Words
Hard Disk Drive, definition of term: Hard Disk Drive
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