control function

1. 1.

   an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data

   “a control operation started the data processing”

   Synonymscontrol operation

   Broaderoperation

Questions about control function

What does control function mean?

control function means "an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data".

What is another word for control function?

Close synonyms include control operation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is control function a common word?

control function is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.