remote control

Definitions

General English

• noun a small piece of electronic equipment which you use for controlling something such as a TV or CD player from a distance

General Science

• noun a system that allows a user to operate a computer or other device from a distance

Computing

• noun a system that allows a remote user to control a computer from a distance

Electronics

• The operating, regulating, or managing of a component, circuit, device, apparatus, piece of equipment, system, function, quantity, or the like, from a location other than where that being controlled is situated. To effect remote control, radio, infrared, or acoustic waves may be employed, or connecting wires or cables may be used, among other means. When remote control is wireless, it is also called radio control.
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Information & Library Science

• noun a system of controlling a device from a distance by means of radio or electronic signals

Media Studies

• noun a hand-held device used to operate a television set, video cassette recorder or other electronic device from a distance
• noun the control of a device, system, or activity from a distance, usually by radio signals

Military

• noun a means by which a device or machine can be operated from a distance (e.g. command wire, radio signals)

Travel

• noun control of something from a distance, e.g. control of a TV set by using a handheld switch with an infrared ray

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Contexts for “remote control”

10 definitions in context
• General English
• General Science
• Computing
• Electronics
• Information & Library Science
• Media Studies
• Military
• Travel