Control - Science and Technology

Science and Technology

  • Argument control, in linguistics
  • Biological pest control, a natural method of controlling pests such as insects, weeds, and plant diseases
  • Control engineering, a discipline of modeling and controlling of systems
  • Control flow, the means of specifying the sequence of operations in computer programs
  • Control key, on a computer keyboard
  • Control network, a set of reference-points of known geospatial coordinates
  • Control point (orienteering)
  • Control system, the ability to control some mechanical or chemical equipment
  • Control theory, the mathematical theory about controlling dynamical systems over time
  • Controlling for a variable, in statistics
  • GUI widget (control or widget), a component of a graphical user interface
  • Scientific control to isolate variables in experiments
  • Self-control, ability to control one's emotions and desires
  • Social control
  • Locus of control, extent to which individuals believe that they can control events that affect them
  • Lorazepam, sold under the trade name Control
  • Chlordiazepoxide, also sold under the trade name Control

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