Peripheral vs Controller - What's the difference?
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on the periphery or boundary
beside the point
unimportant
auxiliary
(neuroanatomy) a part of or located in the peripheral nervous system
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(computing) a device, such as a printer or scanner, connected to a computer
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One who controls something.
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(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.
In computing terms the difference between peripheral and controller
is that peripheral is a device, such as a printer or scanner, connected to a computer while controller is a mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.As an adjective peripheral
is on the periphery or boundary.peripheral
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(wikipedia peripheral)Adjective
(en adjective)citation
Derived terms
* peripherally * peripheral vision * peripheral nervous systemNoun
(en noun)- I was kind of looking at the ball, keeping him in my peripheral and all of sudden I see him closing in on the ball.
Synonyms
* peripheral deviceExternal links
* *controller
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Noun
(en noun)- The great controller of our fate / Deigned to be man, and lived in low estate.