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controller [n]
 
1)someone who maintains and audits business accounts
    Synonyms :accountant comptroller 
    See Also: bourgeois  control  account  auditor  bean_counter  bookkeeper  certified_public_accountant  chartered_accountant  cost_accountant 
 
2)a person who directs and restrains
    Synonyms :restrainer 
    See Also: human  command  control  hold_back  intimidate  constrain  confine  bound  overcomer  suppresser  withholder 
 
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"
    Synonyms :control 
    See Also: mechanism  control  cruise_control  dial  disk_controller  governor  handwheel  joystick  regulator  electric_switch  valve 
 

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

Part of a computer, typically a separate circuit board, which allows the computer to use certain kinds of peripheral devices. A disk controller is used to connect hard disks and floppy disks, a network controller is used for Ethernet. Other controllers are: keyboard controller, interrupt controller and graphics controller.

(1998-03-16)








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