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.



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control-C
control code
control flow
control-G
Control Language
 3DO
address
Address Strobe
Advanced Communication Function/Network Control Pr
Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
 control-O
Control Program
Control Program for Microcomputers
control-Q
control-S