controller
[ kuh n-troh-ler ]
/ kənˈtroʊ lər /
noun
an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
a person who regulates, directs, or restrains.
British Aeronautics.
a dispatcher.
a regulating mechanism; governor.
Also called control unit, processor. Computers.
the key component of a device, as a terminal, printer, or external storage unit, that contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute instructions fed into the device.
a remote piece of hardware used to direct or control an electronic device: a video-game controller.
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British Dictionary definitions for controller
controller
/ (kənˈtrəʊlə) /
noun
a person who directs, regulates, or restrains
Also called: comptroller
a business executive or government officer who is responsible for financial planning, control, etc
the equipment concerned with controlling the operation of an electrical device