overdrive : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: overdrive	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for overdrive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overdrive n the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration; "Troops are ready to go into overdrive as soon as the signal is given"; "Melissa's brain was in overdrive" a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power v drive or work too hard; "The teacher is overworking his students"; "Overdriving people often suffer stress" make use of too often or too extensively Synonym(s): overuse, overdrive
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Overdrive An {Intel} {Pentium} processor which fits into a socket designed to accomodate an {Intel 486}, or into a special upgrade socket on the {motherboard}. (1995-03-27)