Crossword clues for controller
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Controller \Con*trol"ler\, n. [From control, v. t.: cf. F. contr[^o]leur.]
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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. An officer appointed to keep a counter register of accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts.
(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.
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(Elec.) Any electric device for controlling a circuit or system; specif.:
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.
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.
(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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Anglo-French contrerolleour (late 13c.), Old French contrerelleor (Modern French contrôleur), from Medieval Latin contrarotulator, agent noun from *contra-rotulare (see control (v.)). Mechanical sense is from 1867.
Wiktionary
n. 1 One who controls something. 2 Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system. 3 (context business English) A person who audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller. 4 (context computing English) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer. 5 (context nautical English) 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. 6 (lb en linguistics) (rfdef: English)
WordNet
n. someone who maintains and audits business accounts [syn: accountant, comptroller]
a person who directs and restrains [syn: restrainer]
a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine; "the speed control on his turntable was not working properly"; "I turned the controls over to her" [syn: control]
Wikipedia
Controller may refer to:
In computing and especially in computer hardware, a controller is a chip, an expansion card, or a stand-alone device that interfaces with a peripheral device. This may be a link between two parts of a computer (for example a memory controller that manages access to memory for the computer) or a controller on an external device that manages the operation of (and connection with) that device.
The term is sometimes used in the opposite sense to refer to a device by which the user controls the operation of the computer, as in game controller.
In desktop computers the controller may be a plug in board, a single integrated circuit on the motherboard, or an external device. In mainframes the controller is usually either a separate device attached to a channel or integrated into the peripheral.
In control theory, a controller is a device, historically using mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic or electronic techniques often in combination, but more recently in the form of a microprocessor or computer, which monitors and physically alters the operating conditions of a given dynamical system. Typical applications of controllers are to hold settings for temperature, pressure, flow or speed.
Controller, in comics, may refer to:
- Controller (Marvel Comics), a supervillain in Marvel Comics
- Controllers (DC Comics), an alien race in DC Comics
The Controller (Basil Sandhurst) is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He specializes in mind control, and is a frequent foe of Iron Man.
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.
On April 28th 2008, Misery Signals posted their first single for Controller called "Weight of the World". Bassist, Kyle Johnson said "It was the first song we recorded for the new album and it's a different song for us, it's little angrier, faster and actually the shortest song clocking in at a little over two minutes."
Vocalist Karl Schubach goes onto say "It was the first song we tracked and Devin Townsend (Producer) had me run through the entire song once just to get down the idea of where I wanted to go. He told me that I nailed it right off the bat and we ended up keeping most of it as the finished version. The song itself is about deciding whether you should tell someone what you really think and get it off of your chest or take the high road and let them think that they are right. That situation can really blow up."
Recently they have filmed a video for their track "A Certain Death" which will serve as the first single off Controller. The video was directed by renowned music video director David Brodsky and starred B-movie actor Brandon Slagle in the narrative portions of the video.
Some 2,900 copies were sold in the first week of release. According to several sources, the album could have exceeded the limit of 20,000 copies sold.
Controller is the fourth studio album by the Australian rock band British India, released through Liberation Music on 22 March 2013.
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. Some controllers have additional features such as multiple programs to allow different watering frequencies for different types of plants, rain delay settings, input terminals for sensors such as rain and freeze sensors, soil moisture sensors, weather data, remote operation, etc.
There are two basic types of controllers, electric and hydraulic. Most automatic irrigation valves are diaphragm valves in which the water above the diaphragm must be discharged for the valve to open. In a hydraulic system, the controller and valves are connected via small plastic tubes approximately 4 mm (¼ in) in diameter. The controller opens the tube connected to the valve, allowing that valve to open.
Most newer systems employ electromechanical or electronic controllers. In this scenario, the controller is connected to an electrical circuit that operates a solenoid attached to each valve ( solenoid valve). When the solenoid is actuated, the water above the diaphragm is relieved and the valve opens.
Although sophisticated controllers that allow irrigation schedules to be automatically adjusted according to the weather have been available for many years, until recently these controllers were out of reach of the average consumer. One type is evapotranspiration controllers or "ET controllers". Several manufacturers are now producing controllers that can be automatically updated by either a simple weather sensor, via a pager that receives a daily update from a network of local weather stations, or through soil moisture sensors. Several companies have also introduced products that gathers information from the internet to update the watering schedule.
There are broadly two categories of irrigation controllers: domestic ones for gardening applications, and professional controllers for more demanding agricultural applications. While most domestic (gardening) controllers can only open/close zones based on a time duration, without any feedback from the irrigation process, professional irrigation controllers can irrigate based on volume (quantities defined in cubic meters / Gallons), receive feedback from the process, and react to actual events happening during the process.
For example, the typical professional controller will calculate the actual flow rate running in the system when a specific zone is operated, compare this to a pre-configured required amount, and adjust the irrigation process if deviation from the zone's flow rate is detected; This mechanism is called "Flow monitoring", and can prevent irrigation when a burst is occurring in the main line or in the zone's hydraulic components. The controller can also alert the operator locally via its interface, or remotely by sending an SMS or a message to a central control.
Usage examples of "controller".
The Controller had been told long ago to match development time to demand: when it had come to Cho it had been on a slow, slow schedule.
It was too late now to climb back to the proper glide path, but the Controller could sweat that one out.
But the German fighter controllers covering the Heligoland Bight area did not commit their main force of fighters too early and, when the combat wings of B-17s bound for both Hamburg and Hannover later approached the German coast, they were met by strong fighter opposition.
British government that the inks used in the public departments are obtained by public tender, in accordance with the conditions drawn up by the controller of H.
He only hoped that Ismene had managed to escape, he could sense the anger coming from his controller, perhaps she could free him.
He communicated with his controllers on Earth and Moon using a ten-watt optical laser, which gave him a data rate of twenty kilobits a second.
Chief Controller was caught between his cousin, Admiral Krantz, who also happened to be the brother-in-law of Ligen Wyat, and Klairon Farris, the beloved hero of half his supporters.
They know that morphs had even infiltrated the home of one of their most important Controllers -- Chapman.
He decided that the rogue controller was a megalomaniac, some demented genius who trapped unsuspecting prods in his illegal designs.
A single MiG got a radar contact off a retreating jamming aircraft and radioed Keflavik, only to learn from his ground controllers that nothing was on the scopes out to a range of three hundred kilometers.
So suffice it to say that when the gods you think of as Greater Gods, those Samas would call the Controllers, all put their minds to something, they could achieve it.
He turned to the controller, and demanded from it a report concerning the machine that was sent to extricate Chen Shizuoka from his house arrest.
This time it caused changes in the very structure of the chair as panels slid back and additional equipment swung up, locking in place with small, solid sounds: thrust levers, a sidestick controller, a sensors board, a weapons status display-all devices more appropriate to a single-seat fighter.
There was a device there, I saw it was made from two video game controllers, one with a couple small thumbwheels, another with a pistol grip.
Colin Moore, a JPL assistant mission controller at the time, had called him to invite him to his first meeting of the Transformationalist Circle.