control panel
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English
One of the control panels from the Kennedy Space Center during the Apollo era (1970s).
A home alarm system control panel
A graphical control panel (2)
Pronunciation
Noun
control panel (plural control panels)
- A flat, usually vertical surface onto which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.
- Synonym: instrument panel
- 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: New signalbox at Twyford”, in Modern Railways, page 227:
- The new signalling controls 40 track miles; 31 multiple-aspect signals are operated by the new control panels and a further 31 signals are automatic.
- (by extension, graphical user interface) A computer display offering a number of controls or options.
Translations
surface with controls
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computer user interface
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