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.
   • 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.

   Synonym: instrument panel

2. (by extension, graphical user interface) A computer display offering a number of controls or options.
3. The part of a system that the user can access, as the control panel of a security system, also called control unit.

See also

• console
• dashboard

Translations

surface with controls

• Armenian: հսկիչ վահանակ (hskičʿ vahanak)
• Czech: řídící panel m
• Dutch: bedieningspaneel (nl) n
• Estonian: juhtpult
• Finnish: ohjaustaulu, ohjauspöytä
• German: Schalttafel f

• Maori: paewhiri mana
• Portuguese: painel de controle m
• Romanian: tablou de comandă n, panou de control n, panou de comandă (ro) n
• Russian: контро́льная пане́ль (kontrólʹnaja panélʹ)
• Vietnamese: bảng điều khiển

computer user interface

• Finnish: hallintapaneeli

Further reading

• control panel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia