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central control

[′sen·trəl kən′trōl]
(aerospace engineering)
The place, facility, or activity at which the whole action incident to a test launch and flight is coordinated and controlled, from the make-ready at the launch site and on the range, to the end of the rocket flight down-range.
(ordnance)
Fire control of weapons by a central location, not by the individual gunner; especially used in antiaircraft batteries.
(systems engineering)
Control exercised over an extensive and complicated system from a single center.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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