(countable, uncountable) Behavior used by an abusive person to gain and/or maintain control over another person.

(theater) A room or area in a theater or studio which contains technical equipment for controlling things like lighting and sound for productions.

plural of control booth

an area from which activities in other areas are directed

(plural only, US, military slang) The brown-framed prescription eyeglasses issued to new recruits in the U.S. military, and perceived as notoriously unattractive.

(computing) A security scheme for file-level security (as opposed to traditional user, group levels, or the somewhat stricter role levels). Abbreviated ACL.

A system designed to give assistance to aircraft, to prevent collisions and to manage aircraft flow.

(automotive) Technologies that utilize radar, infrared and image processing to allow for a decentralized recording of the environment around the vehicle.

(systems theory) That part of a control system that dynamically updates the parameters of an optimizing control function or a direct control function

(computing, Internet) A networking protocol, almost always layered on top of the Internet Protocol, that provides reliable, connection based communications.