controller Definition
con·trol·ler (kən trōl′ər)
noun
- the chief accounting officer with responsibility for internal auditing, as in a business, government (usually sp. comptroller), or institution
- a person or device that controls
Etymology: ME countrollour < Anglo-Fr contrerollour < OFr contreroller: see control
controller Related Forms
con·trol′·ler·ship′ noun
controller Usage Examples
Converse of object
- interrupt: In this case, the program must EOI both the slave and master interrupt controllers since the BIOS will not get control.
- wire: Featured on both the wireless and wired controllers, the Xbox Guide Button puts you in control of your experience.
- appoint: New Media Age said ITV was now looking to appoint a controller to run the newly merged unit.
- install: Q ) 3.7 How do I install a second controller?
Preposition: on
motherboard: The disks are cabled to an Adaptec RAID controller on the server motherboard.
Adjective modifier
- programmable: This can only be achieved by the use of programmable logic controllers.
- pid: The modern approach is to determine the settings of the PID controller based upon a model of the process.
- ide: This creates problems on systems with two IDE controllers.
- four-way: These can then each be allocated to the useful four-way controller for easy access that suits user needs.
- ps2: Although the bit about the PS2 controllers is a bit harsh as i think that the controller does actully work.
- floppy: The second floppy controller is assumed to be at address.
Modifies a noun
- dermon: From losses that air-traffic controller dermon they raised the.
- keyboard: Each room has a controller keyboard for every computer.
- chip: The higher level of accuracy is achievable on existing Maguire gravimetric blenders through a controller chip change.
Noun used with modifier
- data: A student will only be a data controller in a very small number of cases, however.
- ide: If you want to use a larger hard drive you will need to install a modern IDE controller into a PCI socket.
- air-traffic: Click for video clip The Cat impresses the gorgeous air-traffic controller by doing a tap dance with the Blue Midget.
- domain: Promote a Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition server to a domain controller.
- xbox: Microsoftâs original Xbox controller was a wash out despite undergoing thousands of hours of user testing.
- pest: Commercial pest controllers can be found in the Yellow Pages under Pest Control.
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