control panel

English

One of the control panels from the Kennedy Space Center during the Apollo era (1970s).

A home alarm system control panel

A graphical control panel (2)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹoʊl ˈpæn.l̩/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

control panel (plural control panels)

1. A flat, usually vertical surface onto which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.

   Synonym: instrument panel

   • 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: New signalbox at Twyford”, in Modern Railways, page 227:

     The new signalling controls 40 track miles; 31 multiple-aspect signals are operated by the new control panels and a further 31 signals are automatic.

   • 2026 January 21, Richard Wilcock, “Network Rail completes £200 million West Coast Main Line upgrades”, in RAIL, number 1053, page 10:

     It also installed new control panels at Kingmoor Signal Box and a new operating system in the relay room.

2. (by extension, graphical user interface) A computer display offering a number of controls or options.

Translations

surface with controls

• Arabic: لَوْحَة اَلتَّحَكُّم (lawḥa(t) at-taḥakkum)
• Armenian: հսկիչ վահանակ (hskičʻ vahanak)
• Azerbaijani: idarəetmə paneli
• Bulgarian: пулт m (pult), конзола (bg) f (konzola)
• Czech: řídící panel m
• Dutch: bedieningspaneel (nl) n
• Estonian: juhtpult
• Finnish: ohjaustaulu, ohjauspöytä
• French: tableau de bord (fr) m, panneau de contrôle m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: betsjinningspaniel n

• German: Schalttafel (de) f
• Hungarian: vezérlőpult (hu), vezérlőasztal (hu), kezelőpult
• Indonesian: panel kontrol, panel pengatur
• Māori: paewhiri mana
• Polish: pulpit sterowniczy m
• Portuguese: painel de controle m
• Romanian: tablou de comandă n, panou de control n, panou de comandă (ro) n
• Russian: контро́льная пане́ль (kontrólʹnaja panélʹ)
• Spanish: panel de control m
• Vietnamese: bảng điều khiển

computer user interface

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 控制面板 (kòngzhì miànbǎn)

• Dutch: configuratiescherm (nl) n
• Esperanto: stirpanelo
• Finnish: hallintapaneeli
• French: panneau de configurtion m, panneau de contrôle m
• Hungarian: vezérlőpult (hu), kezelőpult, irányítópult
• Indonesian: panel kontrol, panel pengatur
• Polish: panel sterowania m
• Spanish: panel de control m

See also

• console
• dashboard