plural of control brief

(management) A tool used to determine whether a manufacturing or business process is in a state of statistical control or not.

(information science) A carefully selected set of terms - words and phrases - such that each concept from the domain of discourse is described using only one term in the set and each term in the set describes only one concept.

(countable) A device used to operate an appliance (such as a television, vehicle, or mechanical toy) from a short distance away. / (uncountable) A means of operating a device from a distance.

Voluntary control of the number of children conceived, especially by the planned use of contraception. / Any technique used to prevent the birth of a child (such as abortion or preventing conception).

To control oneself or itself.

The ability to control one's desires and impulses; willpower.

To assume control, to gain power over someone or something.

(law) The authority that a higher court has to issue an order specifically ordering a lower court to perform (or stop performing) a certain action

A system that maintains a vehicle at constant set speed, usually until the brake or accelerator is pressed. / A state of being where tasks are completed easily and routinely.