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con⋅trol⋅ler
[kuh
n-troh-ler] 
–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. |
| 3. | British Aeronautics. a dispatcher. |
| 4. | a regulating mechanism; governor. |
| 5. | Also called control unit, processor. Computers. the key component of a peripheral device, as a terminal, printer, or external storage unit, that contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute instructions fed into the device. |
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| con·trol·ler (kən-trō'lər) n.
Usage Note: In the 15th century, the word controller developed the alternate spelling comptroller as a result of an association between the first part of the word, cont, and the etymologically unrelated word count and its variant compt. Although the historical pronunciation of comptroller would be the same as for controller, evidence suggests that the spelling pronunciations (kŏmp-trō'lər) and (kŏmp'trō'lər) may now be used by a majority of speakers. In a recent survey, 43 percent of the Usage Panel indicated that they pronounce comptroller like controller, while 57 percent pronounce it with mp, as it is spelled, with stress on either the first or second syllable. And half of those Panelists who pronounce comptroller like controller indicated that they also consider the spelling pronunciations acceptable. |
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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.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.
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Language Translation for : Controller
Spanish:
controlador,
German:
der Kontrolleur,
Japanese:
管理者
Controller
In most organizations the controller is the top managerial and financial accountant. The controller supervises the accounting department and assists management in interpreting and utilizing managerial accounting information.
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Also known as the comptroller.
See also: Accounting, CFO, Managerial Accounting
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controller
- An organization's chief accounting officer, who is responsible for establishing and maintaining the organization's accounting system. Also called comptroller.
Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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controller hardware
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)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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