control panel
Americannoun
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Computers.
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the portion of a computer console that contains manual controls for regulating computer operations.
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Etymology
Origin of control panel
First recorded in 1920–1925
Example Sentences
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They used social engineering tricks to get access to the powerful internal control panel at the site.
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025
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
There’s also a mission control panel with buttons to push, dials to twist, switches to flip, a memory game to play and an intercom that connects to the lunar lander.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 15, 2023
Going over to his sheep, Rick bent down, searching in the thick white wool—the fleece at least was genuine—until he found what he was looking for: the concealed control panel of the mechanism.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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