Control 491900 224410352 2008-07-08T18:55:24Z 74.78.162.229 {{Wiktionarypar|control}} {{TOCright}} '''Control''' is used in a variety of contexts to express "mastery" or "[[proficiency]]": e.g. "Music students attending a master class are expected to have full control of basic skills such as rhythm and pitch" and more generally an ability to purposefully direct (including suppression of) [[change]]. '''Control''' may also refer to: ===Management and finance=== * [[Control (management)]]: an element of management * Control as an element of [[management accounting]] * [[Internal control]]: a process implemented in an organization to help in achieving specific goals * [[Comptroller]] (or controller): a senior financial officer in an organization ===Science and technology=== * [[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 system]], the ability to control some mechanical or chemical equipment * [[Widget (computing)]] (control or widget), a component of a graphical user interface * [[Scientific control]] to isolate variables in experiments * [[Control network]], a set of reference-points of known geospatial coordinates * [[Control theory]], the mathematical theory about controlling dynamical systems over time * [[Control key]], on a computer keyboard * [[Argument control]], in linguistics * [[Controlling for a variable]], in statistics * [[Control freak]], in [[Folk psychology]] * Control, a brand name for the drug [[lorazepam]] ==Popular culture== ===Film and television=== * ''[[Kontroll]]'', a 2003 Hungarian movie (released as ''Control'' internationally) * [[Control (2007 film)|''Control'' (2007 film)]], a movie about Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, directed by Anton Corbijn * [[CONTROL]], a fictional secret U.S. government spy agency in the television series ''Get Smart'' * [[Control (House episode)|"Control" (''House'' episode)]], an episode of the American TV series ''House'' *[[Control (1920 film)|''Control'' (1920 film)]], a UK comedy short by [[Frank Miller (1891-1950)|Frank Miller]] *''Control'' or {{lang|it|''Il Giorna prima''}}, a 1987 made-for-TV movie starring [[Burt Lancaster]] *[[Control (2004 film)]] Direct-to-video movie starring [[Ray Liotta]], [[Willem Dafoe]] and [[Michelle Rodriguez]]. A convict gets a second chance at life if he agrees to undergo behavior modification. * Control (book character), is the fictional head of the Circus in the John Le Carré novel ''Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'' ===Music=== * [[Control (Janet Jackson album)|''Control'' (Janet Jackson album)]], a 1986 album by [[Janet Jackson]] ** [[Control (Janet Jackson song)|"Control" (Janet Jackson song)]], a song from the album above * [[Control (Puddle of Mudd song)|"Control" (Puddle of Mudd song)]], a 2001 song by [[Puddle of Mudd]] * [[Control (Pedro the Lion album)|''Control'' (Pedro the Lion album)]], a 2002 album by [[Pedro the Lion]] * [[Control (GoodBooks album)|''Control'' (GoodBooks album)]] a 2007 album by [[GoodBooks]] * [[Control (Mute Math song)|''Control'' (Mute Math song)]] a 2004 song by [[Mute Math]] * [[She's Lost Control]] Song by Joy Division * [[Control (Metro Station song)]] * [[Control (hardcore band)| CONTROL]] a hardcore band from Washington DC. ==See also== * [[Action (disambiguation)]] {{disambiguation}} [[de:Control]] [[fr:Contrôle]] [[it:Control]] [[nl:Controlling]] [[pl:Kontrola]] [[pt:Controle]] [[sh:Kontrola]] [[tr:Kontrol]]