Control system (disambiguation)
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A control system is a device or set of devices to manage, command, invade, record, edit, hack, direct or regulate the behavior of other devices or systems. A control mechanism is a process used by a control system.
Control system may also refer to:
General control systems
- Distributed control system, where control elements are not centralized
- Fuzzy control system, a control system that analyses and manipulates continuous variables (as opposed to discrete variables)
- Hierarchical control system
- Industrial control system
- Real-time control system (disambiguation), several meanings
Specific control systems
Computer control systems
- Fire-control system, which assists a weapons system in firing speed and accuracy
- Networked control system, a hierarchical control system implemented by a computer network
- Revision Control System, which automates various processes to regulate and maintain data revisions
Vehicle control systems
- Aircraft flight control systems, which assists pilots in flying an aircraft
- Airborne early warning and control, Systems
- Cruise control, a system that maintains the speed of a vehicle
- Autonomous cruise control system, a cruise control system that uses radar or laser input to detect its surroundings
- Environmental control system (aircraft), which controls environmental factors within an aircraft
- Reaction control system of a spacecraft, assisting in attitude control and steering
- Traction control system, which maintains the traction between a vehicle's wheels and the travelling surface
Biological control systems
- Cell nucleus, the central control system in every biological cell
- Regulome, the entire set of control systems within a cell
- Homeostasis, the regulation and maintenance of the physical properties of an internal environment, particularly within an organism
- Endocrine system, the organ system most responsible for the control of biological processes
- Brain, the control system of the central nervous system and of all cognition
- Gene regulation, which controls what genes are and are not transcribed or expressed
See also
- Control System, 2012 album by Ab-Soul
- Control theory
- Controller (control theory)
- Motion control
- Regulation (disambiguation)
- Systems control
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