Controller may refer to:

Occupations

* Controller or financial controller, or in government accounting

comptroller A comptroller (pronounced either the same as ''controller'' or as ) is a management-level position responsible for supervising the quality of accountancy, accounting and financial reporting of an organization. A financial comptroller is a senior- ...

, a senior accounting position * Controller, someone who performs agent handling in espionage *

Air traffic controller An Air traffic controller (ATC) is a person responsible for the coordination of traffic in their assigned airspace. Typically stationed in area control centers or control towers, they monitor the position, speed, and altitude of aircraft and c ...

, a person who directs aircraft

Computing and electronics

Model–view–controller Model–view–controller (MVC) is a software architectural pattern commonly used for developing user interfaces that divides the related program logic into three interconnected elements. These elements are: * the model, the internal representat ...

, an architectural pattern used in software engineering *

Controller (computing) (disambiguation) In computer hardware, a controller may refer to: * Memory controller, a unit that manages access to memory * Game controller, a device by which the user controls the operation of the computer * Host controller * Sound controller * Network controlle ...

Microcontroller A microcontroller (MC, uC, or μC) or microcontroller unit (MCU) is a small computer on a single integrated circuit. A microcontroller contains one or more CPUs (processor cores) along with memory and programmable input/output peripherals. Pro ...

, a small computer on a single integrated circuit *

Game controller A game controller, gaming controller, or simply controller, is an input device or Input/Output Device, input/output device used with video games or entertainment systems to provide input to a video game. Input devices that have been classified as ...

, an input device used for playing video games

Control engineering

Control theory Control theory is a field of control engineering and applied mathematics that deals with the control system, control of dynamical systems in engineered processes and machines. The objective is to develop a model or algorithm governing the applic ...

, control of continuously operating dynamical systems in engineered processes and

machines A machine is a physical system that uses power to apply forces and control movement to perform an action. The term is commonly applied to artificial devices, such as those employing engines or motors, but also to natural biological macromolec ...

** Irrigation controller, a device to automate irrigation systems ** PID controller, a control loop feedback mechanism *

Control loop A control loop is the fundamental building block of control systems in general and industrial control systems in particular. It consists of the process sensor, the controller function, and the final control element (FCE) which controls the proce ...

, contains all the control elements for controlling a process variable ** Anti-lock brake controller, in an anti-lock braking system *

Industrial control system An industrial control system (ICS) is an electronic control system and associated instrumentation used for industrial process control. Control systems can range in size from a few modular panel-mounted controllers to large interconnected and in ...

, a general term used in industrial process control * Proportional control, a type of linear feedback control system

Biomedical

* Elite controllers, individuals who do not develop AIDS after exposure to HIV

Fiction

* Controller (comics), multiple characters **

Controller (Marvel Comics) Controller (Basil Sandhurst) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an enemy of Iron Man. Publication history Controller first appeared in ''Iron Man'' #12 and was ...

, a fictional character in Marvel Comics ** Controllers (DC Comics), a fictional extraterrestrial race in the DC Universe * The Fat Controller (Sir Topham Hatt), the head of the railway in ''The Railway Series'' of books written by the Reverend W.V. Awdry, also The Thin Controller and The Small Controller on other railway lines in those books * Controller, a being controlled by a Yeerk in the ''

Animorphs ''Animorphs'' is a science fantasy series of youth books written by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, writing together under the name K. A. Applegate, and published by Scholastic. It is told in first person, with all si ...

'' series by K.A. Applegate * ''The Controller'', an AI system in the ''

Armored Core 3 ''Armored Core 3'' is a 2002 third-person shooter mecha video game developed by FromSoftware for the PlayStation 2. It is the sixth entry in the '' Armored Core'' series. ''Armored Core 3'' acts as a reboot for the franchise and begins a storyli ...

'' video game

Music

The Controllers (Los Angeles band) The Controllers were an American Los Angeles-based punk rock Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the corporate na ...

, a punk rock band *

The Controllers (R&B band) The Controllers are an American soul and R&B vocal group, originally from Birmingham, Alabama, who had a series of successful recordings in the late 1970s and the 1980s. Career Originally part of an eight-member gospel group, the group beca ...

, a 1980s rhythm-and-blues band * ''Controller'' (Misery Signals album), 2008 * ''Controller'' (British India album), 2013 * "Controller" (song), a 2017 song by New Zealand L.A.B. *

MIDI controller A MIDI controller is any hardware or software that generates and transmits Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) data to MIDI-enabled devices, typically to trigger sounds and control parameters of an electronic music performance. They mos ...

, a device which generates MIDI data *

Nick Rhodes Nick Rhodes (born Nicholas James Bates; 8 June 1962) is an English keyboardist and producer, best known as a founding member and the keyboardist of the band Duran Duran. He has also been the only constant member of the group since their 1978 ...

(born 1962), English keyboardist and producer * "Controller", a song from the 1981 album ''

Only a Lad ''Only a Lad'' is the debut studio album by American new wave band Oingo Boingo Oingo Boingo () was an American new wave music, new wave band formed by songwriter Danny Elfman in 1979. The band emerged from a Surrealism, surrealist musical ...