One who controls something.
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.
The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.
Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that treat input and output, forming an interface between models and views.
A hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games.
A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
The subject of a control verb. See Control (linguistics)
One who gives someone else the power to behave in a certain way.
One who or that which helps something to happen.
One who encourages a bad habit in another (typically drug addiction) by their behaviour.