controllers

Those in charge

Controllers are people or devices that direct, regulate, or manage something.

An air traffic controller guides aircraft.

A game controller is a handheld device for input.

In business, a controller (also comptroller) is the chief accounting officer who oversees financial operations.

The controllers approved the budget revision.

gaming

gamepad

Handheld console interface

trigger · buttons · analog · wireless · rumble · haptic · vibration · ergonomic · multiplayer · arcade

management

supervisor

One who directs workers

overseer · coordinator · executive · regulate · monitor · supervise · oversee · govern · enforce · administer

devices

remote

Distant or controller

  • thermostatAutomatic climate control device
  • MIDIElectronic music data standard
  • DMXLighting control protocol

PLC · sensor · switch · dial · slider · knob · panel · module · interface · transmitter

technical

regulator

Device maintaining steady output

  • governorState's chief executive
  • servoSelf-regulating motor
  • PIDRunning task's identifier

feedback · calibrate · modulate · stabilize · actuator · processor · algorithm · automation · setpoint · gain

financial

accountant

Financial records keeper

bookkeeper · CFO · ledger · budget · fiscal · fiduciary · compliance · reporting · reconciliation · oversight

Categories
Opposites
control relationship

controllerssubjects

Areas of study

subordinates · followers · puppets · pawns · underlings

organizational authority

controllerssubordinates

Those ranked below

workers · rank and file · employees · laborers · operatives

autonomy/freedom

controllersfree agents

Athletes available for signing

independents · rebels · libertarians · anarchists · mavericks

Phrases
Family

controller, controlled, uncontrolled, microcontroller

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G