controller
/kənˈtɹəʊlə/ · noun
Meaning
- One who controls something.
- Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
- A person who audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
- A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
- 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.
- The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.
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