control room
Command post hub
A control room is a space equipped with monitors, instruments, and communication systems from which operations are directed and overseen.
Power plants, television studios, space missions, and industrial facilities all have control rooms where technicians monitor systems and respond to problems: Engineers in the control room watched the launch sequence unfold.
Comfort in distress
- operatorOne who works machinery
- commanderPerson with authority over others
- directorOne who leads
- supervisorOne who directs workers
authority · orders · directive · oversee · manage · supervise · helm · lead
Comfort in distress
- switchboardTelephone routing panel
- workstationsDedicated task positions
- server racksEnclosures organizing mounted computers
- cablesHeavy ropes or wires
power supply · backup systems · ventilation · ergonomic chairs · lighting · soundproofing · redundancy · UPS
Displays or filters
- gaugesInstruments for measuring
- dialsCircular indicator faces
- readoutsDisplayed output data
- sensorsDevices that detect input
alarms · indicators · telemetry · status · data · logs · feedback · switches
Creative professional's workspace
- mixerCombines ingredients or people
- engineerTechnical design professional
- audioTransmitted sound content
- videoRecorded moving imagery
lighting · production · telecast · livestream · microphone · headphones · cameras · editing
Skilled equipment handlers
- workflowSequential task progression
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- automationSelf-operating system design
systems · communication · equipment · protocols · shift · dispatch · logistics · coordination
console
Comfort in distress
supervisor · authority · orders · directive · oversee · manage · supervise · helm · lead · captain
console
Comfort in distress
- switchboardTelephone routing panel
- workstationsDedicated task positions
- server racksEnclosures organizing mounted computers
cables · power supply · backup systems · ventilation · ergonomic chairs · lighting · soundproofing · redundancy · UPS · network hub
screens
Displays or filters
sensors · alarms · indicators · telemetry · status · data · logs · feedback · switches · panels
studio
Creative professional's workspace
- mixerCombines ingredients or people
- engineerTechnical design professional
- audioTransmitted sound content
video · lighting · production · telecast · livestream · microphone · headphones · cameras · editing · graphics
technicians
Skilled equipment handlers
- workflowSequential task progression
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
- schedulingAssigning times to events
automation · systems · communication · equipment · protocols · shift · dispatch · logistics · coordination · synchronization
security
Protection from threat
- camerasVisual recording devices
- CCTVSurveillance camera network
- observationAttentive watching or remark
guard · watch · patrol · perimeter · alarm · intrusion · detection · monitors · footage · recording
- Power Centersheadquarters, head office, main office, central office, command center
- secret lairslair, hideout, underground base, hidden chamber, fortress
- coal powercoal mine, coal dust, coal seam, coal yard, coal bunker
- Cold War SitesBerlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie, Iron Curtain, Brandenburg Gate, Kremlin
- detention facilitycells, solitary confinement, isolation unit, guard stations, security cameras
- ship partshull, keel, deck, mast, bow
control roomfactory floor
Manufacturing workspace area
shop floor · field · production floor · front line · assembly line
control roomoutdoor
Outside, not indoors
nature · wilderness · open air · open field · open sea
room, control, controller, controlled, controlling, uncontrolled, controllable, contravene, controllers