control room

American  

noun

1. a room housing control equipment, as in a recording studio.

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Etymology

Origin of control room

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

At 4:55 they’ll line up single file and enter the control room, church-mouse quiet, and stand behind each of us at their assigned stations.

From Literature

It said this had led to the establishment of a control room in the Port of Zeebrugge, which enables private security in the port to respond immediately to security breaches.

From BBC

Then the pastor made good on his promise to deliver satire with a bit where, in response to a burst of irritating feedback, he heads to the control room.

From Salon

Bridge added that 999 and 101 calls were not passed by Thames Valley Police call handlers to the National Highways control room.

From BBC

The manager of the boiler and turbine department and a half-dozen staff members had donned body armor and stayed in the control room to monitor the equipment during the attack.

From The Wall Street Journal