control centre

Operations nerve center

A control centre is a location from which operations are directed and monitored—typically featuring screens, communications equipment, and coordinating personnel.

The term applies across contexts: mission control centre, air traffic control centre, emergency control centre.

In anatomy, control centres are brain regions that regulate specific functions.

The spelling is British; Americans write control center.

Related

crisis management · display · administration · war room · big board · flight deck · bridge · dashboard · monitoring · emergency response · red phone · panic button · switch · alert · coordination · panel · communication · CCTV

Opposites
centralization of command

control centrefield station

Remote scientific research facility

satellite office · outpost · field office · forward operating base · remote outpost

degree of authority and oversight

control centrebranch office

Remote corporate location

local office · franchise

order vs. chaos

control centrechaos

Complete disorder and confusion

anarchy · disorder · disarray · pandemonium · bedlam

Family

control, centre, center, controls, controlled, controlling, controller, controllers, controllable

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