Synonym control operation.

1. In computers and networks, the device that displays the progress or status of the overriding software or procedures.
2. In video production, a display device used primarily for decisions on subject matter, composition, and sequences to be selected in real time. [After SMPTE]
3. In robotics, a visual device used to view the work of robots or to view… (Read More →)

1. Measures taken to minimize unintended electromagnetic radiation emanating from a system or component and to minimize electromagnetic interference.
Note: Control of electromagnetic radiation is exercised for purposes of security and the reduction of interference, especially on ships and aircraft.
2. A national operational plan to minimize the use of electromagnetic radiation in the United States and its possessions and… (Read More →)

An operation that affects the recording, processing, transmission, or interpretation of data.
Note: Examples of control operations include starting and stopping a process; executing a carriage return, a font change, or a rewind; and transmitting an end-of-transmission (EOT) control character. Synonym control function.

1. In a communications network, the station that selects the master station and supervises operational procedures, such as polling, selecting, and recovery.
Note: The control station has the overall responsibility for the orderly operation of the entire network.
2. A fixed station whose transmissions are used to control automatically the emissions or operations of another radio station at a specified… (Read More →)

The magnetized portion along the length of a videotape on which synchronous control information is placed; the control track contains a pulse for each video field and is used to synchronize the tape and the video signal. [After Silicon]

Access in which the resources of an area or system is limited to authorized personnel, users, programs, processes, or other systems, and denied to all others.

1. An area (a) in which uncontrolled movement will not result in compromise of classified information, (b) that is designed to provide administrative control and safety, or (c) that serves as a buffer for controlling access to limited-access areas.
2. An area to which security controls have been applied to protect an information-processing system's equipment and wirelines, equivalent to that… (Read More →)

Secure telecommunications or information handling equipment, or associated cryptographic component, that is unclassified but governed by a special set of control requirements. Such items are marked "CONTROLLED CRYPTOGRAPHIC ITEM" or, where space is limited, "CCI. " [INFOSEC-99]

A signal, sent in the backward direction, to indicate that a call cannot be completed because the called line is not in a ready condition, but is under control, as opposed to not being in a ready condition and not under control.