Controller vs. Comptroller
Controllernoun
One who controls something.
Controllernoun
(electronics) Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
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(business) A person who audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
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(computing) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
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(nautical) 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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(espionage) The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.
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(linguistics) The subject of a control verb. See Control (linguistics)
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(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 models and views.
Controllernoun
One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs.
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An officer appointed to keep a counter register of accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts.
Controllernoun
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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Any electric device for controlling a circuit or system;
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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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someone who maintains and audits business accounts
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a person who directs and restrains
Controllernoun
a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine;
Comptrollernoun
The chief accountant of a company or government.
Comptrollernoun
someone who maintains and audits business accounts
Comptroller
A comptroller is a management-level position responsible for supervising the quality of accounting and financial reporting of an organization. A financial comptroller is a senior-level executive who acts as the head of accounting, and oversees the preparation of financial reports, such as balance sheets and income statements.
