Controller vs Processor - What's the difference?
controller | processor |
One who controls something.
* (rfdate) (Dryden)
(business) A person who audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
(computing) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
(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.
A person who processes things (foods, photos, applications, etc.).
A device which processes, which changes something. (rfex)
A microprocessor.
As nouns the difference between controller and processor
is that controller is one who controls something while processor is a person who processes things (foods, photos, applications, etc.).controller
English
Noun
(en noun)- The great controller of our fate / Deigned to be man, and lived in low estate.
Synonyms
* administrator * foreman * chief, head, head man * comptroller * overseer * organizer * superintendent * supervisorDerived terms
* memory controller * microcontrollerprocessor
English
Noun
(en noun)- He is a loan processor with a bank.
- This computer has two processors , but only one keyboard.