Control

Control may refer to:

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

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 (2023 film), a British film directed by Gene Fallaize and featuring the voice of Kevin Spacey
 * Control (upcoming film), directed by Robert Schwentke and starring James McAvoy
 * 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