ops center
Mission control room
An ops center—short for operations center—is a centralized facility where personnel monitor and coordinate activities, often in real time.
Military and emergency services use ops centers to track situations and dispatch resources.
Businesses may have ops centers for IT systems or logistics: The network ops center detected the outage within minutes.
The term evokes screens, communications equipment, and round-the-clock vigilance.
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- controlAuthority to direct
- war roomStrategic planning headquarters
- monitorsTracks or displays
- screensDisplays or filters
eyes on · real time · dispatch · headquarters · bunker · surveillance · tactical · crisis · ground control · situation room · console · alerts · radio · coordination · mission · briefing · emergency · security
- workplacesoffice, workplace, facility, factory, reception
- command postsheadquarters, HQ, TOC, field headquarters, mobile command
- Military Airfieldsairfield, runway, runways, hangar, hangars
- military facilitiesmilitary base, army base, air force base, headquarters, barracks
- Military HeadquartersPentagon, headquarters, HQ, command post, NORAD
- tech facilitiesserver room, computer lab, server farm, tech lab, NOC
ops centerfield
Area of specialty
front lines · frontline · out in the field · forward operating base · theater of operations
ops centerfield operations
Work performed at location
tactical unit · field unit · strike team · first responders · field agents
ops centerbreak room
Staff relaxation space
dormitory · barracks · administrative office · back office · storage facility
ops, center, operation, operations, operative, operatives, operationally, operational, operate