capture
gaining control
seizure | the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property |
| fire control | preparation for the delivery of shellfire on a target |
| inventory control | supervision of the supply and storage and accessibility of items in order to insure an adequate supply without excessive oversupply |
| electronic surveillance | surveillance by electronic means (e.g. television) |
| control | the activity of managing or exerting control over something, the control of the mob by the police was admirable |
| crowd control | activity of controlling a crowd |
| damage control | an effort to minimize or curtail damage or loss |
| flight control | control from ground stations of airplanes in flight by means of messages transmitted to the pilot electronically |
| flood control | (engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods |
| gun control | efforts to regulate or control sales of guns |
| internal control | an accounting procedure or system designed to promote efficiency or assure the implementation of a policy or safeguard assets or avoid fraud and error etc. |
| management control | an internal control performed by one or more managers |
| quality control | maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods |
| arms control | a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country |
riot control
riot control operation | the measures taken to control a riot |
| control | (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc, the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired, he had lost control of his sphincters |
| motor control | control of muscles |
birth control
birth prevention
family planning | limiting the number of children born |
rhythm method of birth control
rhythm method
rhythm
calendar method of birth control
calendar method | natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from daythrough day of her cycle) |
electronic warfare
EW | military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum |
| electronic reconnaissance | the detection and identification and evaluation and location of foreign electromagnetic radiations (other than radioactive) |
electronic countermeasures
ECM | electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum |
electronic counterountermeasures
ECCM | electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare |
electronic warfare-support measures
ESM | electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition |
| traffic control | control of the flow of traffic in a building or a city |
| social control | control exerted (actively or passively) by group action |
| population control | control over the growth of population, a government program |
| occupation military control | the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power |
| electronic deception | the deliberate use of electromagnetic energy in a manner intended to convey misleading information |
manipulative electronic deception
electronic manipulative deception | actions to eliminate revealing telltale indicators that could be used by the enemy (or to convey misleading indicators) |
simulative electronic deception
electronic simulative deception | actions to represent friendly notional or actual capabilities to mislead hostile forces |
imitative electronic deception
electronic imitative deception | the introduction of electromagnetic energy into enemy systems that imitates enemy emissions |
jamming
electronic jamming
jam | deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems |
airfoil
aerofoil
control surface
surface | a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air, can lift or control a plane in flight |
bitmap
electronic image | an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels |
bulletin board system
bulletin board electronic bulletin board
bbs | a computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest |
computer
computing machine
computing device
data processor
electronic computer
information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
contraceptive
preventive preventative contraceptive device
prophylactic device
birth control device | an agent or device intended to prevent conception |
control
controller | a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine, the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly, I turned the controls over to her |
| control center | the operational center for a group of related activities, the general in command never left the control center |
control circuit
negative feedback circuit | a feedback circuit that subtracts from the input |
control key
command key | (computer science) the key on a computer keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control characters |
control panel
instrument panel
control board
board panel | electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices, he checked the instrument panel, suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree |
| control rod | a steel or aluminum rod that can be moved up or down to control the rate of the nuclear reaction |
| control room | a room housing control equipment (as in a recording studio) |
| control system | a system for controlling the operation of another system |
| control tower | a tower with an elevated workspace enclosed in glass for the visual observation of aircraft around an airport |
| cruise control | control mechanism for keeping an automobile at a set speed |
electric organ
electronic organ
Hammond organ
organ | (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ |
| electronic balance | a balance that generates a current proportional to the displacement of the pan |