Control
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 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 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), 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 Il Giorno prima, 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
Control (2022 film), a sci-fi/mystery thriller written and directed by James Mark
Kontroll, 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
[C] - The Money of Soul And Possibility Control, or [C] - Control, a 2011 anime
Ctrl (web series), an American comedy web series
CONTROL (Get Smart), a fictional counter-espionage agency

Games
Control and control-bid, features of the game contract bridge
Control (video game), a 2019 video game by Remedy Entertainment

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

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

Songs
"Control" (Big Sean song), 2013
"Control" (Garbage song), 2012
"Control" (Janet Jackson song), 1986
"Control" (Kid Sister song), 2007
"Control" (Matrix & Futurebound song), 2013
"Control" (Metro Station song), 2007
"Control" (Mutemath song), 2004
"Control" (Poe song), 1998
"Control" (Puddle of Mudd song), 2001
"Control" (Traci Lords song), 1994
"Control" (Zoe Wees song), 2020
"Control", by Basement from Colourmeinkindness, 2012
"Control", by the Black Dahlia Murder from Everblack, 2013
"Control", by Delta Goodrem from Child of the Universe, 2012
"Control", by Disclosure from The Face, 2012
"Control", by División Minúscula, 2008
"Control", by Doja Cat from Purrr!, 2014
"Control", by Earshot from Two, 2004
"Control", by Feder, 2018
"Control", by Ghost9 from Now: Who We Are Facing, 2021
"Control", by Halsey from Badlands, 2015
"Control", by London Grammar from Truth Is a Beautiful Thing, 2017
"Control", by Playboi Carti from Whole Lotta Red, 2020
"Control", by Poe from 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, 2016

See also
Action (disambiguation)
Control point (disambiguation)
Control unit (disambiguation)
control(human, data, sound), a 2014 performance piece by Bob van Luijt
Controller (disambiguation)
Damage control (disambiguation)
Uncontrolled (disambiguation)
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