Control

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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:

Contents 1 Popular culture 1.1 Film 1.2 Music 2 Management and finance 3 Science and technology 4 See also

[edit] Popular culture

[edit] Film

• A 2004 direct-to-video Control (2004 film), starring Ray Liotta, Willem Dafoe and Michelle Rodriguez.
• A Control (2007 film) based on the life of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis, referencing the song "She's Lost Control" by the band
• In the sitcom (and related movies) "Get Smart," CONTROL is the name of a secret American government counter-espionage agency.

[edit] Music

• Control (GoodBooks album) a 2007 album by GoodBooks
• Control (Janet Jackson album), a 1986 album by Janet Jackson
  • "Control" (Janet Jackson song), a song from the above album
• "Control" (Metro Station song), a 2007 song by Metro Station
• "Control" (Mute Math song) a 2004 song by Mute Math
• Control (Pedro the Lion album), a 2002 album by Pedro the Lion
• "Control" (Puddle of Mudd song), a 2001 song by Puddle of Mudd
• "She's Lost Control", a 1979 song by Joy Division

[edit] Management and finance

• Control (management): an element of management
• 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.

[edit] 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 freak, in folk psychology
• 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
• Control, a brand name for the drug lorazepam

[edit] See also

• Action (disambiguation)
• Control point (disambiguation)
• Controller (disambiguation)

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