Control may refer to:

Basic meanings

Economics and business

* Control (management), an element of management * Control, an element of management accounting * Comptroller (or controller), a senior financial officer in an organization * Controlling interest, a percentage of voting stock shares sufficient to prevent opposition * Foreign exchange controls, regulations on trade * Internal control, a process to help achieve specific goals typically related to managing risk

Mathematics and science

* Control (optimal control theory), a variable for steering a controllable system of state variables toward a desired goal * Controlling for a variable in statistics * Scientific control, an experiment in which "confounding variables" are minimised to reduce error * Control variable, Control variables, variables which are kept constant during an experiment * Biological pest control, a natural method of controlling pests * Control network in geodesy and surveying, a set of reference points of known geospatial coordinates * Control room, a room where a physical facility can be monitored * Process control in continuous production processes * Security controls, safeguards against security risks

Medicine

* Control, according to the ICD-10-PCS, in the Medical and Surgical Section (0), is the root operation (# 3) that means stopping, or attempting to stop, post-procedural bleeding ** Chlordiazepoxide, also sold under the trade name ''Control'' ** Lorazepam, sold under the trade name ''Control''

Systems engineering, computing and technology

* Automatic control, the application of control theory for regulation of processes without direct intervention * Control character, or non-printing character, in a character set; does not represent a written symbol, but is used to control the interpretation or display of text ** Unicode control characters, characters with no visual or spatial representation * Control engineering, a discipline of modeling and controlling of systems * Control system, the ability to control some mechanical or chemical equipment * Control theory, the mathematical theory about controlling dynamical systems over time * Control flow, means of specifying the sequence of operations in computer programs * Control variable (programming), Control variables in programming, which regulate the flow of control * Control key, on a computer keyboard * GUI widget (control or widget), a component of a graphical user interface * Input device (control), a physical user interface to a computer system

Society, psychology and sociology

* Control (psychology) * Locus of control, an extent to which individuals believe that they can control events that affect them * Self-control, the ability to control one's emotions and desires * Power (social and political), the ability to control others * Social control, mechanisms that regulate social behavior * Abusive power and control * Control freak, a person who attempts to dictate * Mind control, the use of manipulative methods to persuade others * Civilian control of the military

Other basic uses

* Control point (orienteering), a marked waypoint in orienteering and related sports * Control (linguistics), a relation between elements of two clauses

Geography

* Control, Alberta

Books

* Control (novel), ''Control'' (novel), a 1982 novel by William Goldman * Control (fictional character), in the 1974 British spy novel ''Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy''

Film and TV

Films

* Control (1987 film), ''Control'' (1987 film) or , a 1987 made-for-television film starring Burt Lancaster * Control (2004 film), ''Control'' (2004 film), starring Ray Liotta, Willem Dafoe and Michelle Rodriguez * Control (2007 film), ''Control'' (2007 film), a film about Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, directed by Anton Corbijn * Control (2013 film), ''Control'' (2013 film), a Chinese–Hong Kong film written and directed by Kenneth Bi * ''Kontroll'', a 2003 Hungarian film, released as ''Control'' internationally * ''Control'', a UK comedy short by Frank Miller (screenwriter), Frank Miller

TV

* Control (House), Control (''House''), a 2005 episode of the television series ''House'' * ''Control'', a Spanish-language series aired on Univision * Control, a recurring character in the sketch programme ''A Bit of Fry & Laurie#Control and Tony, A Bit of Fry & Laurie'' * Control, a character on the science fiction crime drama Person_of_Interest_(TV_series), Person of Interest * ''C (anime), [C] - The Money of Soul And Possibility Control'', or ''[C] - Control'', a 2011 anime * Ctrl (web series), ''Ctrl'' (web series), an American comedy web series * CONTROL (Get Smart), CONTROL (''Get Smart''), a fictional counter-espionage agency

Games

* Glossary of contract bridge terms#control, Control and Glossary of contract bridge terms#control-bid, control-bid, features of the game contract bridge * Control (video game), ''Control'' (video game), a 2019 video game by Remedy Entertainment

Music

* Control (Starlight Express), Control (''Starlight Express''), a character from the rock musical

Albums

* Control (GoodBooks album), ''Control'' (GoodBooks album), 2007 * Control (Janet Jackson album), ''Control'' (Janet Jackson album), 1986 * Control (Pedro the Lion album), ''Control'' (Pedro the Lion album), 2002 * ''Control'', a 2011 album by Abandon (band), Abandon * ''Control'', a 2014 album by The Brew (band), The Brew * ''Control'', a 1981 album by Conrad Schnitzler * ''Control'', a 2013 EP by Disclosure (band), Disclosure * ''Control'', a 1994 album by Hellnation * ''Control'', a 2012 EP by The Indecent * ''Control'', a 1971 album by Jackie Leven, John St Field * ''Control'', a 2012 album by Uppermost * ''Control'', a 2003 album by Where Fear and Weapons Meet * Ctrl (SZA album), ''Ctrl'' (SZA album), 2017

Songs

* Control (Big Sean song), "Control" (Big Sean song), 2013 * Control (Garbage song), "Control" (Garbage song), 2012 * Control (Janet Jackson song), "Control" (Janet Jackson song), 1986 * Control (Kid Sister song), "Control" (Kid Sister song), 2007 * Control (Matrix & Futurebound song), "Control" (Matrix & Futurebound song), 2013 * Control (Metro Station song), "Control" (Metro Station song), 2007 * Control (Mutemath song), "Control" (Mutemath song), 2004 * Control (Poe song), "Control" (Poe song), 1998 * Control (Puddle of Mudd song), "Control" (Puddle of Mudd song), 2001 * Control (Traci Lords song), "Control" (Traci Lords song), 1994 * Control (Zoe Wees song), "Control" (Zoe Wees song), 2020 * "Control", by Basement from ''Colourmeinkindness'', 2012 * "Control", by the Black Dahlia Murder from ''Everblack (The Black Dahlia Murder album), Everblack'', 2013 * "Control", by Delta Goodrem from ''Child of the Universe (album), Child of the Universe'', 2012 * "Control", by Disclosure from ''The Face (EP), The Face'', 2012 * "Control", by División Minúscula, 2008 * "Control", by Doja Cat from ''Purrr!'', 2014 * "Control", by Earshot from ''Two (Earshot album), Two'', 2004 * "Control", by Feder (DJ), Feder, 2018 * "Control", by Halsey from ''Badlands (Halsey album), Badlands'', 2015 * "Control", by London Grammar from ''Truth Is a Beautiful Thing'', 2017 * "Control", by Poe from ''Haunted (Poe album), Haunted'', 2000 * "Control", by Stabbing Westward from ''Ungod'', 1994 * "Control", by Wisin from ''El Regreso del Sobreviviente'', 2014 * "Control (Somehow You Want Me)", by Tenth Avenue North from ''Followers (album), Followers'', 2016