controller

[ kuhn-troh-ler ]
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noun
  1. an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.

  2. a person who regulates, directs, or restrains.

  1. British Aeronautics. a dispatcher.

  2. a regulating mechanism; governor.

  3. 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.

  4. Digital Technology. a remote piece of hardware used to direct or control an electronic device: a video game controller.

Origin of controller

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English countrollour, from Anglo-French countrero(u)llour, Middle French contrerolleur, equivalent to contrerolle “duplicate roll” + -eur, -our, from Latin -ōr- or -ātōr- noun suffixes; see control, -or2, -ator

Other words from controller

  • con·trol·ler·ship, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for controller

controller

/ (kənˈtrəʊlə) /


noun
  1. a person who directs, regulates, or restrains

  2. Also called: comptroller a business executive or government officer who is responsible for financial planning, control, etc

  1. the equipment concerned with controlling the operation of an electrical device

Derived forms of controller

  • controllership, noun

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