Dictionary

command and control en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The management and logistics of a military or paramilitary force.
   • "American police simply were not prepared for the challenge that they faced in terms of planning, logistics, training and police command-and-control supervision," said Chuck Wexler, the executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, a nonprofit that advises departments on management and tactics. 2021 March 20, Kim Barker, Mike Baker, Ali Watkins, “In City After City, Police Completely Mishandled Black Lives Matter Protests”, in The New York Times:
2. (uncountable) The management of a polity's economic and political resources by state officials themselves, rather than by more democratic or spontaneous means.
   • command-and-control economy

Deriveds

C&C · C2

Synonyms

C2