Controller : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Controller	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Controller
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
controller n someone who maintains and audits business accounts [syn: accountant, comptroller, controller] a person who directs and restrains Synonym(s): restrainer, controller a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine; "the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly"; "I turned the controls over to her" Synonym(s): control, controller
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Controller \Control"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 \Control"ler\, n. [From control, v. t.: cf. F. contr[93]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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
controller 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)