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Controller

Overview
Controller may refer to:
  • Comptroller
    Comptroller
    A comptroller or controller is a person who supervises accounting and financial reporting within an organization. A controller is an accountant in a business who oversees accounting and the implementation and monitoring of internal controls...

     or financial controller, a senior accounting position
  • Air traffic controller
    Air traffic controller
    Air traffic controllers are the people who operate the air traffic control systems to expedite and maintain a safe and orderly flow of air traffic and help prevent mid-air collisions. They apply separation rules to keep aircraft apart from each other in their area of responsibility and move all...

    , a person who directs aircraft
  • Model-view-controller
    Model-view-controller
    Model–View–Controller is an architectural pattern used in software engineering. The pattern isolates business logic from input and presentation, permitting independent development, testing and maintenance of each.-Description:...

    , an architectural pattern used in software engineering
  • "Controller", a song by Oingo Boingo from their Only a Lad
    Only a Lad
    Only a Lad is the full-length debut album by Oingo Boingo, following their self-titled EP. The album's musical arrangements, by vocalist Danny Elfman and guitarist Steve Bartek, complete the group's switch from cabaret act to New Wave band...

    album
  • Controller (album)
    Controller (album)
    Controller is the third studio album released by Misery Signals and was released July 22, 2008. The album was recorded by producer, Devin Townsend, who produced Misery Signals' debut record Of Malice, and the Magnum Heart....

    , an album by metalcore band Misery Signals
    Misery Signals
    Misery Signals is a progressive metalcore band formed in Wisconsin in 2002. The sound of their music is defined by bright melodies backed up by odd time signatures, chugging riffs, and breakdowns...

  • Controllers (band)
    Controllers (band)
    The Controllers were a four piece R&B band from Fairfield, Alabama, U.S.A. They were formed in 1965 and had record releases from 1977 to 1998 one of their biggest hits was 'Stay' released in 1986....

     1980s soul band
  • The chief executive of a BBC
    BBC
    The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually referred to by its abbreviation as the "BBC", is the longest established and largest broadcaster in the world...

     television or radio channel
  • "Controller", a term used in espionage
    Espionage
    Espionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage is inherently clandestine, as the legitimate holder of the information may change plans or take other countermeasures once it...



Computing and electronics
  • Controller (computing)
    Controller (computing)
    The term controller, when used in computing and especially in computer hardware, signifies a chip or extension card that interfaces with a peripheral device...

    , a chip or extension card that interfaces with a peripheral device
  • Game controller
    Game controller
    A game controller is an input device used to control a video game. A controller is typically connected to a video game console or a personal computer. A game controller can be a keyboard, mouse, gamepad, joystick, paddle, or any other device designed for gaming that can receive input...

    , a device used for playing video games


Other devices:
  • Controller (control theory)
    Controller (control theory)
    In control theory, a controller is a device which monitors and affects the operational conditions of a given dynamical system. The operational conditions are typically referred to as output variables of the system which can be affected by adjusting certain input variables...

    , in control theory
eg PID controller
PID controller
A proportional–integral–derivative controller is a generic control loop feedback mechanism widely used in industrial control systems...

, a device used in control systems
  • Controller (irrigation)
    Controller (irrigation)
    An irrigation controller is a device to operate automatic irrigation systems such as lawn sprinklers and drip irrigation systems. Most controllers have a means of setting the frequency of irrigation, the start time, and the duration of watering...

    , a device to automate irrigation systems


In fiction:
  • The Fat Controller
    The Fat Controller
    The Fat Controller , is the head of the railway in The Railway Series of books written by the Rev. W. V. Awdry. In the first two books in the series he is known as The Fat Director...

    , Sir Topham Hatt, the head of the railway in The Railway Series of books written by the Rev. W.
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Controller may refer to:
  • Comptroller
    Comptroller
    A comptroller or controller is a person who supervises accounting and financial reporting within an organization. A controller is an accountant in a business who oversees accounting and the implementation and monitoring of internal controls...

     or financial controller, a senior accounting position
  • Air traffic controller
    Air traffic controller
    Air traffic controllers are the people who operate the air traffic control systems to expedite and maintain a safe and orderly flow of air traffic and help prevent mid-air collisions. They apply separation rules to keep aircraft apart from each other in their area of responsibility and move all...

    , a person who directs aircraft
  • Model-view-controller
    Model-view-controller
    Model–View–Controller is an architectural pattern used in software engineering. The pattern isolates business logic from input and presentation, permitting independent development, testing and maintenance of each.-Description:...

    , an architectural pattern used in software engineering
  • "Controller", a song by Oingo Boingo from their Only a Lad
    Only a Lad
    Only a Lad is the full-length debut album by Oingo Boingo, following their self-titled EP. The album's musical arrangements, by vocalist Danny Elfman and guitarist Steve Bartek, complete the group's switch from cabaret act to New Wave band...

    album
  • Controller (album)
    Controller (album)
    Controller is the third studio album released by Misery Signals and was released July 22, 2008. The album was recorded by producer, Devin Townsend, who produced Misery Signals' debut record Of Malice, and the Magnum Heart....

    , an album by metalcore band Misery Signals
    Misery Signals
    Misery Signals is a progressive metalcore band formed in Wisconsin in 2002. The sound of their music is defined by bright melodies backed up by odd time signatures, chugging riffs, and breakdowns...

  • Controllers (band)
    Controllers (band)
    The Controllers were a four piece R&B band from Fairfield, Alabama, U.S.A. They were formed in 1965 and had record releases from 1977 to 1998 one of their biggest hits was 'Stay' released in 1986....

     1980s soul band
  • The chief executive of a BBC
    BBC
    The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually referred to by its abbreviation as the "BBC", is the longest established and largest broadcaster in the world...

     television or radio channel
  • "Controller", a term used in espionage
    Espionage
    Espionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage is inherently clandestine, as the legitimate holder of the information may change plans or take other countermeasures once it...



Computing and electronics
  • Controller (computing)
    Controller (computing)
    The term controller, when used in computing and especially in computer hardware, signifies a chip or extension card that interfaces with a peripheral device...

    , a chip or extension card that interfaces with a peripheral device
  • Game controller
    Game controller
    A game controller is an input device used to control a video game. A controller is typically connected to a video game console or a personal computer. A game controller can be a keyboard, mouse, gamepad, joystick, paddle, or any other device designed for gaming that can receive input...

    , a device used for playing video games


Other devices:
  • Controller (control theory)
    Controller (control theory)
    In control theory, a controller is a device which monitors and affects the operational conditions of a given dynamical system. The operational conditions are typically referred to as output variables of the system which can be affected by adjusting certain input variables...

    , in control theory
eg PID controller
PID controller
A proportional–integral–derivative controller is a generic control loop feedback mechanism widely used in industrial control systems...

, a device used in control systems
  • Controller (irrigation)
    Controller (irrigation)
    An irrigation controller is a device to operate automatic irrigation systems such as lawn sprinklers and drip irrigation systems. Most controllers have a means of setting the frequency of irrigation, the start time, and the duration of watering...

    , a device to automate irrigation systems


In fiction:
  • The Fat Controller
    The Fat Controller
    The Fat Controller , is the head of the railway in The Railway Series of books written by the Rev. W. V. Awdry. In the first two books in the series he is known as The Fat Director...

    , Sir Topham Hatt, the head of the railway in The Railway Series of books written by the Rev. W. V. Awdry
  • Controller (Marvel Comics)
    Controller (Marvel Comics)
    Controller is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in the Marvel Universe. He specializes in mind control, and is a frequent foe of Iron Man.-Fictional character biography:...

    , a Marvel Comics supervillain
  • Controllers (DC Comics), an alien race in DC comics
  • Controller, a term used to describe a being controlled by a Yeerk
    Yeerk
    thumb|right|Cover from Animorphs #29: The Sickness, showing Cassie morphing into a Yeerk.Yeerks are a fictional extraterrestrial species that are invading earth.-Biology:...

     in the Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate
  • The Controller, an AI system in the Armored Core 3
    Armored Core 3
    Armored Core 3 is a mecha video game in the Armored Core series.-Storyline:Set in a post-apocalyptic future, Armored Core 3 depicts a world where mankind has begun to live underneath the Earth's surface after a catastrophic global nuclear war broke out on the surface. The human beings who survived...

    video game