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DISK CONTROLLER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) a circuit or chip that translates commands into a form that can control a hard disk drive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("disk controller" is a kind of...):
control; controller (a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)