controller

1 someone who maintains and audits business accounts [syn: accountant, comptroller]

2 a person who directs and restrains [syn: restrainer]

3 a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine; "the speed control on his turntable was not working properly"; "I turned the controls over to her" [syn: control]

English

Noun

1. a person who controls something
2. a person who audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller
3. a mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer

Synonyms

• administrator
• foreman
• chief, head, head man
• controller OR comptroller
• overseer
• organizer
• superintendent
• supervisor

Derived terms

• microcontroller
• game controller
• memory controller

Related terms

• control theory

Translations

Controller can refer to several things:

• Microcontroller, a computing device
• Memory controller, logic which manages the flow of data in a computer system
• Game controller, a device used for video games
• Controller (computing), a chip or extension card that interfaces with a peripheral device
• Comptroller, the accounting position
• Controller (control theory), in control theory
• Controller (irrigation), a device to automate irrigation systems
• Controller (control systems), a device used in Control systems
• Controller (orienteering), an organizer of orienteering events
• Air traffic controller, a person who directs aircraft
• Model-view-controller, an architectural pattern used in software engineering
• Train Controller, an AC to DC converter used in model railways or track cars
• "Controller" (song), a song by Oingo Boingo from their Only a Lad album.

• In fiction:
  • Controller (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain
  • Controllers (DC Comics), an alien race in DC comics
  • Controller, in the Animorphs book and television series
  • The Controller, an AI system in the Armored Core 3 video game

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