Control room

A control room or operations room is a room serving as a central space where a large physical facility or physically dispersed service can be monitored and controlled. A control room will often be part of a larger command center.NASA control for the International Space Station (ISS)Russian mission control for the ISSFossil fuel power plant in Nova Scotia, CanadaHydroelectric power Itaipu dam jointly operated by Brazil and ParaguayNuclear power plant in Saint Petersburg, RussiaEngine control for an oil tanker shipSubmarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21)The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer broadcast newsroomGerman solid waste incineratorMeteorological satellite control in GermanyDZero experiment particle acceleratorLinear accelerator Linac 2 at CERN (1976) A control room or operations room is a room serving as a central space where a large physical facility or physically dispersed service can be monitored and controlled. A control room will often be part of a larger command center. A control room's purpose is production control, and serves as a central space where a large physical facility or physically dispersed service can be monitored and controlled. Central control rooms came into general use in factories during the 1920s. Control rooms for vital facilities are typically tightly secured and inaccessible to the general public. Multiple electronic displays and control panels are usually present, and there may also be a large wall-sized display area visible from all locations within the space. Some control rooms are themselves under continuous video surveillance and recording, for security and personnel accountability purposes. Many control rooms are manned on a '24/7/365' basis, and may have multiple people on duty at all times (such as implementation of a 'two-man rule'), to ensure continuous vigilance. Other special-purpose control room spaces may be temporarily set up for special projects (such as an oceanographic exploration mission), and closed or dismantled once the project is concluded.