DISK CONTROLLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disk controller mean? 

• DISK CONTROLLER (noun)
  The noun DISK CONTROLLER has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) a circuit or chip that translates commands into a form that can control a hard disk drive

  Familiarity information: DISK CONTROLLER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISK CONTROLLER (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)