disk controller

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disk controller - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

disk controller - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  disk controller
  
     <hardware, storage> (Or "hard disk controller", HDC) The
     circuit which allows the CPU to communicate with a hard disk
     , floppy disk or other kind of disk drive.
  
     The most common disk controllers in use are IDE and SCSI
     controllers.  Most home personal computers use IDE
     controllers.  High end PCs, workstations and network file servers
      mostly have SCSI adaptors.
  
     (1998-03-16)