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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Controller \Con*trol"ler\, n. 1. (Elec.) Any electric device for controlling a circuit or system; specif.: a An electromagnet, excited by the main current, for throwing a regulator magnet into or out of circuit in an automatic device for constant current regulation. b A kind of multiple switch for gradually admitting the current to or shutting it off from an electric motor; as a car controller for an electric railway car 2. (Mach.) A lever controlling the speed of an engine; -- applied esp. to the lever governing a throttle valve, as of a steam or gasoline engine, esp. on an automobile. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Controller \Con*trol"ler\, n. [From control, v. t.: cf F. contr[^o]leur.] 1. One who or that which controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs. The great controller of our fate Deigned to be man, and lived in low estate. --Dryden. 2. An officer appointed to keep a counter register of accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts. [More commonly written {controller}.] 3. (Naut.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: controller n 1: someone who maintains and audits business accounts [syn: {accountant}, {comptroller}] 2: 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}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: controllerPart 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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