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If the console has an internal hard disk drive, the storage capacity of the drive is announced here (in giga bytes, GB).

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  1. transitive verb To push, propel, or press onward forcibly; urge forward: drove the horses into the corral.
  2. transitive verb To repulse or put to flight by force or influence: drove the attackers away; drove out any thought of failure.
  3. transitive verb To guide, control, or direct (a vehicle).
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drive:   drives ·  drove ·  driving ·  driven
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  1. Middle English driven, from Old English drīfan; see dhreibh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English driven, earlier drifen (preterit drof, drove, plural driven, past participle driven), drive (a ship, a plow, a vehicle, cattle), hunt, chase (deer, etc.), compel to go, drive (a nail), pursue (business), intransitive go forward, press on, rush on with violence, ride, etc., from Anglo-Saxon drīfan (preterit drāf, p. drĭfon, past participle drĭfen), drive (in nearly all tho Middle English uses), = Old Saxon drībhan = OFries. drīva = Low German drīben = Dutch drijven = Old High German trīban, Middle High German trīben, German treiben = Icelandic drīfa = Swedish drifva = Danish drive = Goth, dreiban, drive. Hence drift, drove, drivel, etc.
  2. from drive, v.
 

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