A place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance.

A thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person; SYN. medical checkup, medical examination, medical exam, medical, health check. check-up, check up.

1. The act of containing something.
2. The act of containing.
US policy (adopted from 1947) designed to prevent the spread of communism; first stated by George Kennan (1904– ), US ambassador to Moscow.

ETYM French contrôle a counter register, contr. from contr-rôle; contre (Latin contra) + rôle roll, catalogue. Related to Counter and Roll, Counterroll.
1. Power to direct or determine.
2. A mechanism that controls the operation of a machine; SYN. controller.
3. A relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another.
4. A spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance.
5. (Physiology) Regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc.
6. The activity of managing or exerting control over something; SYN. controlling.
7. The economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc. + prikaži više

1. Becoming proficient in the use of something; having mastery of.
2. The act of making a master recording from which copies can be made.

ETYM Old Fren. restraincte, from restrainct, French restreint, p. p. of restraindre, restrendre. Related to Restrain.
1. A device that holds someone or something back from action; SYN. constraint.
2. Discipline in personal and social activities; SYN. control.
3. The act of restraining.

In computing, the process of checking that data being input to a computer have been accurately copied from a source document.
This may be done visually, by checking the original copy of the data against the copy shown on the VDT screen. A more thorough method is to enter the data twice, using two different keyboard operators, and then to check the two sets of input copies against each other. The checking is normally carried out by the computer itself, any differences between the two copies being reported for correction by one of the the keyboard operators.
Where large quantities of data have to be input, a separate machine called a verifier may be used to prepare fully verified tapes or discs for direct input to the main computer. + prikaži više

1. Curbed or regulated; SYN. restricted.
2. Restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds.