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, 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 ** 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, 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'' video game

Music

* The Controllers (Los Angeles band), a punk rock band * The Controllers (R&B band), 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 device which generates MIDI data * Nick Rhodes (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 ...