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'''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)]]
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