control panel

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

• IPA^(key): /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹoʊl ˈpæn.l̩/

Noun

control panel (plural control panels)

1. 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.

2. (by extension, graphical user interface) A computer display offering a number of controls or options.

Translations

surface with controls

• Arabic: لَوْحَة اَلتَّحَكُّم (lawḥa(t) at-taḥakkum)
• Armenian: հսկիչ վահանակ (hskičʻ vahanak)
• Czech: řídící panel m
• Dutch: bedieningspaneel (nl) n
• Estonian: juhtpult
• Finnish: ohjaustaulu, ohjauspöytä
• French: tableau de bord (fr) m
• German: Schalttafel f
• Hungarian: vezérlőpult (hu), vezérlőasztal (hu), kezelőpult
• Maori: paewhiri mana
• Polish: pulpit sterowniczy m
• Portuguese: painel de controle m
• Romanian: tablou de comandă n, panou de control n, panou de comandă (ro) n
• Russian: контро́льная пане́ль (kontrólʹnaja panélʹ)
• Spanish: panel de control m
• Vietnamese: bảng điều khiển

computer user interface

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 控制面板 (kòngzhì miànbǎn)

• Esperanto: stirpanelo
• Finnish: hallintapaneeli
• Hungarian: vezérlőpult (hu), kezelőpult, irányítópult
• Spanish: panel de control m

See also

• console
• dashboard