Control may refer to:

Basic meanings

Economics and business

* Control (management), an element of management * Control, an element of management accounting *

Comptroller A comptroller (pronounced either the same as ''controller'' or as ) is a management-level position responsible for supervising the quality of accounting and financial reporting of an organization. A financial comptroller is a senior-level executi ...

(or controller), a senior financial officer in an organization * Controlling interest, a percentage of voting stock shares sufficient to prevent opposition *

Foreign exchange controls Foreign exchange controls are various forms of controls imposed by a government on the purchase/sale of foreign currencies by residents, on the purchase/sale of local currency by nonresidents, or the transfers of any currency across national bor ...

, 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 A scientific control is an experiment or observation designed to minimize the effects of variables other than the independent variable (i.e. confounding variables). This increases the reliability of the results, often through a comparison betwe ...

, an experiment in which "confounding variables" are minimised to reduce error * Control variables, variables which are kept constant during an experiment *

Biological pest control Biological control or biocontrol is a method of controlling pests, such as insects, mites, weeds, and plant diseases, using other organisms. It relies on predation, parasitism, herbivory, or other natural mechanisms, but typically also invo ...

, a natural method of controlling pests *

Control network A geodetic control network (also geodetic network, reference network, control point network, or control network) is a network, often of triangles, which are measured precisely by techniques of terrestrial surveying or by satellite geodesy. A ...

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 An industrial process control in continuous production processes is a discipline that uses industrial control systems to achieve a production level of consistency, economy and safety which could not be achieved purely by human manual control. I ...

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 A control system manages, commands, directs, or regulates the behavior of other devices or systems using control loops. It can range from a single home heating controller using a thermostat controlling a domestic boiler to large industrial c ...

, 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 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 Abusive power and control (also controlling behavior and coercive control) is behavior used by an abusive person to gain and/or maintain control over another person. Abusers are commonly motivated by devaluation, personal gain, personal gratifi ...

* 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) In linguistics, control is a construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by some expression in context. Stereotypical instances of control involve verbs. A superordinate verb "controls" the arguments of a subordi ...

, a relation between elements of two clauses

Geography

Control, Alberta The County of Newell is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 2, its municipal office is located south of the City of Brooks. History It was incorporated as the ''County of Newell No. 4'' on Janu ...

Books

* ''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) or , a 1987 made-for-television film starring Burt Lancaster * ''Control'' (2004 film), starring Ray Liotta, Willem Dafoe and Michelle Rodriguez * ''Control'' (2007 film), a film about Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, directed by Anton Corbijn * ''Control'' (2013 film), a Chinese–Hong Kong film written and directed by Kenneth Bi * ''

Kontroll ''Kontroll'' is a 2003 Hungarian comedy–thriller film. Shown internationally, mainly in art house theatres, the film is set on a fictionalized version of the Budapest Metro system. "Kontroll" in Hungarian refers to the act of ticket inspectors ...

'', a 2003 Hungarian film, released as ''Control'' internationally * ''Control'', a UK comedy short by Frank Miller

TV

* 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, a character on the science fiction crime drama

Person of Interest "Person of interest" is a term used by law enforcement in the United States, Canada, and other countries when identifying someone possibly involved in a criminal investigation who has not been arrested or formally accused of a crime. It has no leg ...

* ''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