Pattern Question

[Mike Cunningham]

Is the "Controller" design pattern considered to be the same thing as the "Model-View-Controller" design pattern?

[Lasse Koskela]

No, the "Controller" pattern is not the same as "Model-View-Controller". That said, I must confess I am not certain which pattern you are talking about when referring to "Controller" (did you mean Front Controller?). But I know it's not the same as MVC.
I have a vague memory of a very generic pattern that was referred to as "Controller". The description was something like this:
Make a Controller component responsible for handling system events and delegate the action to be taken.
Basically this is exactly what the "C" in "MVC" is doing but "MVC" is still three letters...

[Raj Waters]

Controller and MVC are both architecture patterns. MVC is more popularly known as an architecture rather than pattern. Though MVC is actually a pattern used as a foundation architecture which divides the application into component layers viz. Model, View and Controller.
To conclude:
Both are different set of patterns.
yup

[Mike Cunningham]

Thanks for the info. That helps me out.