Literature

• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
  Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
  Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a 1974 British spy novel by John le Carré, featuring George Smiley. Smiley is a middle-aged, taciturn, perspicacious intelligence expert in forced retirement. He is recalled to hunt down a Soviet mole in the "Circus", the highest echelon of the Secret Intelligence...
  
  , "Control" was the head of the Circus, a stand-in for MI-6
  Secret Intelligence Service
  The Secret Intelligence Service is responsible for supplying the British Government with foreign intelligence. Alongside the internal Security Service , the Government Communications Headquarters and the Defence Intelligence , it operates under the formal direction of the Joint Intelligence...
  
  , in the 1974 British spy novel by John le Carré
  John le Carré
  David John Moore Cornwell , who writes under the name John le Carré, is an author of espionage novels. During the 1950s and the 1960s, Cornwell worked for MI5 and MI6, and began writing novels under the pseudonym "John le Carré"...
  
  . He is George Smiley
  George Smiley
  George Smiley is a fictional character created by John le Carré. Smiley is an intelligence officer working for MI6 , the British overseas intelligence agency...
  
  's mentor and a master spy.

Film

• Control (2004 film)
  Control (2004 film)
  Control is a 2004 direct-to-video movie. It was produced by an American production company, but was filmed in Bulgaria.-Synopsis:Oliver is a death row inmate who is given a lethal injection before a room of witnesses. He awakes in the morgue to find that he had only been administered saline and...
  
  , a direct-to-video film starring Ray Liotta, Willem Dafoe and Michelle Rodriguez
• Control (2005 film)
  Control (2005 film)
  Control is a 2005 Australian short film written and directed by Jon Cohen....
  
  , an Australian short film written and directed by Jon Cohen
• Control (2007 film), a film based on the life of Joy Division front man Ian Curtis, referencing the song "She's Lost Control"
• In the sitcom (and related movies) Get Smart
  Get Smart
  Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show starred Don Adams , Barbara Feldon , and Edward Platt...
  
  , "CONTROL" is the name of a secret American government counter-espionage agency

Music

• Control (GoodBooks album)
  Control (GoodBooks album)
  Control is the debut album by indie rock band GoodBooks. It was released on July 30, 2007 on CD, LP and as a digital download. The end of the song "Start/Stop" has an instrumental at the end of it.-Track listing:#"Beautiful To Watch"#"The Illness"...
  
   a 2007 album by GoodBooks
• Control (Janet Jackson album)
  Control (Janet Jackson album)
  Control is the third studio album by American recording artist Janet Jackson, released on February 6, 1986 by A&M Records. Her collaborations with songwriters and record producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis resulted in an unconventional sound: a fusion of rhythm and blues, funk, disco, rap vocals,...
  
  , a 1986 album by Janet Jackson
  • "Control" (Janet Jackson song)
    Control (Janet Jackson song)
    "Control" is the fourth single from Janet Jackson's third album Control. The song was written by Jackson, James Harris III, and Terry Lewis and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Its arrangement, built upon complex rhythmic tracks, showcased state-of-the-art production. The song is about...
    
    , a song from the above album
• "Control" (Metro Station song), a 2007 song by Metro Station
• "Control" (Mutemath song) a 2004 song by Mutemath
• Control (Pedro the Lion album)
  Control (Pedro the Lion album)
  Control is the third full-length album by Pedro the Lion. It was released on April 16, 2002 on Jade Tree Records. It is a concept album about a business man who is having an affair on his wife, who kills him...
  
  , a 2002 album by Pedro the Lion
• "Control" (Puddle of Mudd song)
  Control (Puddle of Mudd song)
  "Control" is a song released by the post-grunge group Puddle of Mudd. It was released in July 2001 , "Control" is about vanity, and was written by Wes Scantlin and co-written by Brad Stewart formerly of Shinedown...
  
  , a 2001 song by Puddle of Mudd
• "Control", the first single from from Traci Lords
  Traci Lords
  Traci Lords , also known as Traci Elizabeth Lords and Tracy Lords, is an American film actress, producer, film director, writer and singer...
  
  ' album 1000 Fires
  1000 Fires
  1,000 Fires is the only music album by singer and multi-instrumentalist, Traci Lords . The 1995 CD release was produced by Juno Reactor. "Control" reached #2 in February 1995 and was followed by "Fallen Angel" in September of the same year reaching #11 on the 1995 Billboard Top Dance/Club Songs chart...
  
  
• "She's Lost Control
  She's Lost Control
  "She's Lost Control" is a song by British post-punk band Joy Division. It was first introduced in a concert in June 1978. Two separate single recordings have been released: a guitar-dominated version appearing on the band's 1979 debut album Unknown Pleasures, and a heavier and more electronic...
  
  ", a 1979 song by Joy Division

Television

• (Get Smart)
  Get Smart
  Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show starred Don Adams , Barbara Feldon , and Edward Platt...
  
  , CONTROL was the satirical secret American government counter-espionage agency, pitted against KAOS
• "Control" (House)
  Control (House)
  "Control" is the fourteenth episode of the first season of House, which premiered on the Fox network on March 15, 2005.-Plot:A young CEO named Carly is admitted to the hospital after experiencing severe leg pain during a conference. Chase takes an X-ray of her leg, which doesn't reveal any blood...
  
  , an episode of the television series House
• Ctrl (web series)
  Ctrl (web series)
  Ctrl is an American comedy web series of NBC. It is the first stand-alone web series launched by a major television network. The series stars Tony Hale as a typical office-working, self-confidence lacking nerd who discovers he can undo things in real life.It is an adaptation and expansion of the...
  
  , an American comedy web series produced by NBC

Games

• Control is a feature of a contract bridge
  Contract bridge
  Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard deck of 52 playing cards played by four players in two competing partnerships with partners sitting opposite each other around a small table...
  
   hand.
• Control-bid is a bid in contract bridge
  Contract bridge
  Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard deck of 52 playing cards played by four players in two competing partnerships with partners sitting opposite each other around a small table...
  
   that shows a control feature of a hand.

Management and finance

• Control (management)
  Control (management)
  Controlling is one of the managerial functions like planning, organizing, staffing and directing. It is an important function because it helps to check the errors and to take the corrective action so that deviation from standards are minimized and stated goals of the organization are achieved in...
  
  : an element of management
• Control freak
  Control freak
  In psychology-related slang, control freak is a derogatory term for a person who attempts to dictate how everything around them is done — "a control freak. Scared to let us have differences"...
  
  , a person who attempts to dictate how everything around them is done
• An element of management accounting
  Management accounting
  Management accounting or managerial accounting is concerned with the provisions and use of accounting information to managers within organizations, to provide them with the basis to make informed business decisions that will allow them to be better equipped in their management and control...
  
  
• Internal control
  Internal control
  In accounting and auditing, internal control is defined as a process effected by an organization's structure, work and authority flows, people and management information systems, designed to help the organization accomplish specific goals or objectives. It is a means by which an organization's...
  
  : a process implemented in an organization to help in achieving specific goals
• Comptroller
  Comptroller
  A comptroller is a management level position responsible for supervising the quality of accounting and financial reporting of an organization.In British government, the Comptroller General or Comptroller and Auditor General is in most countries the external auditor of the budget execution of the...
  
   (or controller): a senior financial officer in an organization
• Foreign exchange controls
  Foreign exchange controls
  Foreign exchange controls are various forms of controls imposed by a government on the purchase/sale of foreign currencies by residents or on the purchase/sale of local currency by nonresidents.Common foreign exchange controls include:...
  
  : regulations on trade.

Science and technology

• Argument control, in linguistics
• Biological pest control
  Biological pest control
  Biological control of pests in agriculture is a method of controlling pests that relies on predation, parasitism, herbivory, or other natural mechanisms...
  
  , a natural method of controlling pests such as insects, weeds, and plant diseases
• Control engineering
  Control engineering
  Control engineering or Control systems engineering is the engineering discipline that applies control theory to design systems with predictable behaviors...
  
  , a discipline of modeling and controlling of systems
• Control flow
  Control flow
  In computer science, control flow refers to the order in which the individual statements, instructions, or function calls of an imperative or a declarative program are executed or evaluated....
  
  , the means of specifying the sequence of operations in computer programs
• Control key
  Control key
  In computing, a Control key is a modifier key which, when pressed in conjunction with another key, will perform a special operation ; similar to the Shift key, the Control key rarely performs any function when pressed by itself...
  
  , on a computer keyboard
• Control network
  Control network
  In geodesy and surveying a control network or simply control, is a set of reference-points of known geospatial coordinates. The higher-order control points are normally defined in both space and time using global or space techniques, and are used for "lower-order" points to be tied into...
  
  , a set of reference-points of known geospatial coordinates
• Control point (orienteering)
  Control point (orienteering)
  A control point is a marked waypoint used in orienteering and related sports such as rogaining and adventure racing. It is located in the competition area; marked both on an orienteering map and in the terrain; and described on a control description sheet...
  
  
• Control system
  Control system
  A control system is a device, or set of devices to manage, command, direct or regulate the behavior of other devices or system.There are two common classes of control systems, with many variations and combinations: logic or sequential controls, and feedback or linear controls...
  
  , the ability to control some mechanical or chemical equipment
• Control theory
  Control theory
  Control theory is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering and mathematics that deals with the behavior of dynamical systems. The desired output of a system is called the reference...
  
  , the mathematical theory about controlling dynamical systems over time
• Controlling for a variable
  Controlling for a variable
  Controlling for a variable refers to the deliberate varying of the experimental conditions in order to see the impact of a specific variable when predicting the outcome variable . Controlling tends to reduce the experimental error...
  
  , in statistics
• GUI widget (control or widget), a component of a graphical user interface
• Scientific control
  Scientific control
  Scientific control allows for comparisons of concepts. It is a part of the scientific method. Scientific control is often used in discussion of natural experiments. For instance, during drug testing, scientists will try to control two groups to keep them as identical and normal as possible, then...
  
   to isolate variables in experiments
• Self control
  Self control
  Self control is the ability to control one's emotions, behavior and desires in order to obtain some reward later. In psychology it is sometimes called self-regulation...
  
  , ability to control one's emotions and desires
• Locus of control
  Locus of control
  Locus of control is a theory in personality psychology referring to the extent to which individuals believe that they can control events that affect them. Understanding of the concept was developed by Julian B...
  
  , extent to which individuals believe that they can control events that affect them
• Lorazepam
  Lorazepam
  Lorazepam is a high-potency short-to-intermediate-acting 3-hydroxy benzodiazepine drug that has all five intrinsic benzodiazepine effects: anxiolytic, amnesic, sedative/hypnotic, anticonvulsant, antiemetic and muscle relaxant...
  
  , sold under the trade name
  Trade name
  A trade name, also known as a trading name or a business name, is the name which a business trades under for commercial purposes, although its registered, legal name, used for contracts and other formal situations, may be another....
  
   Control
• Chlordiazepoxide
  Chlordiazepoxide
  Chlordiazepoxide, is a sedative/hypnotic drug and benzodiazepine. It is marketed under the trade names Angirex, Klopoxid, Librax , Libritabs, Librium, Mesural, Multum, Novapam, Risolid, Silibrin, Sonimen and Tropium.Chlordiazepoxide was the first benzodiazepine to be synthesised and...
  
  , also sold under the trade name
  Trade name
  A trade name, also known as a trading name or a business name, is the name which a business trades under for commercial purposes, although its registered, legal name, used for contracts and other formal situations, may be another....
  
   Control

Humanities

• Control (linguistics)
  Control (linguistics)
  In linguistics, a control construction is a clause that contains a main clause , the predicate of which has two complements — an embedded clause complement and a nominal complement that acts as the semantic argument of the main clause and of the embedded clause...
  
  , the relation between a missing element of a subordinate clause and its co-referent in the matrix clause

See also

• Action (disambiguation)
• Control point (disambiguation)
• Controller (disambiguation)