main controller


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main controller

[′mān kən′trō·lər]
(computer science)
A control unit assigned to direct the other control units in a computer system.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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