control panel

noun

1. control board.

2. Computers.

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

   2. plugboard.

Word History and Origins

Origin of control panel¹

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

But as with the many monitors, the walkie-talkies and rotary phones and control panels all worked, a verisimilitude that, to Benesch, made each uninterrupted, carefully choreographed take that much more stressful.

From Los Angeles Times

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

A shot shows a chair with what appears to be rope ties, below a control panel marked "World Health Organization" with a child's feeding bottle resting on top.

From BBC

As part of the third phase of its Graded Response Action Plan to combat effects of increased pollution, a central pollution control panel ordered an immediate ban on non-essential construction work in the city.

From BBC