control panel

American  

noun

1. control board.

2. Computers.

   1. the portion of a computer console that contains manual controls for regulating computer operations.

   2. plugboard.

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Etymology

Origin of control panel

First recorded in 1920–1925

Example Sentences

Some have buttons resembling the control panel of a spaceship; others have little faces that could be alien.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025

Instead of a conventional treadmill’s control panel, there’s a grapefruit-size glowing blue button at snout height that the animals can press to run the machine for a few seconds.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2023

Investigators said a dive robot had inspected the ramp's control panel as well as the car deck.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2023

They followed a checklist and turned off a switch that “trims” or adjusts the stabilizer, a control panel on the plane’s tail.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2023

Acererak took hold of the yellow joystick on the left side of the control panel and closed his bony fingers around it.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline