controller

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Synonyms: controlled, controler, controlless, comptroller, controle, controllers, -controlled, controled, controll

Antonyms: controlled, controler, controlless, comptroller, controle, controllers, -controlled, controled, controll

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Noun

1. One who [[control]]s something.
2. {{lb|en|electronics}} Any [[electric]] or [[mechanical]] [[device]] for controlling a [[circuit]] or [[system]].
3. {{lb|en|business}} The [[chief]] [[accounting]] [[officer]] which [[audit]]s, and manages the [[financial]] [[affair]]s of a [[company]] or [[government]]; a [[comptroller]].
4. {{lb|en|computer hardware}} A [[mechanism]] that controls or [[regulate]]s the [[operation]] of a [[machine]], especially a [[peripheral]] [[device]] in a [[computer]].
5. {{lb|en|video games}} A [[hardware]] [[device]] designed to allow the [[user]] to play [[video game]]s.
6. {{lb|en|nautical}} An [[iron]] [[block]], usually [[bolt]]ed 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.
7. {{lb|en|espionage}} The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.
8. {{lb|en|linguistics}} The [[subject]] of a [[control]] verb. See {{w|Control (linguistics)}}
9. {{lb|en|software architecture}} In software applications using the [[model-view-controller]] [[design pattern]], the part or parts of the application that treat input and output, forming an interface between [[model]]s and [[view]]s.

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