The ability to direct the financial and operating policies of an entity with a view to gaining economic benefits from its activities (FRS 8).

Ongoing operations or programs aimed at reducing the incidence of disease or eliminating it.

the aspect of a system that describes the sequences of operations that occur in response to stimuli

An operational process that exists to either reduce probability of an error occurring (see Preventative Control) or the impact of the error should it occur (see Detective Control).

The power to govern the financial and operating policies of an entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

See also: program. The program or instructions used to operate a computer. This includes the programs (on-disk) for the operating system and application software such as a word processor.