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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
tape drive
    n 1: a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the
         read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder [syn: tape
         drive, tape transport, transport]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), 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]

3. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
magnetic tape drive
tape drive

    (Or "tape drive") A peripheral device that reads
   and writes magnetic tape.

   (1996-05-25)


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