<s>
Many	O
computer	O
user	B-Application
interfaces	I-Application
use	O
a	O
control	B-Protocol
panel	I-Protocol
metaphor	O
to	O
give	O
the	O
user	B-Application
control	I-Application
of	O
software	O
and	O
hardware	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
control	B-Protocol
panel	I-Protocol
consists	O
of	O
multiple	O
settings	B-Application
including	O
display	O
settings	B-Application
,	O
network	O
settings	B-Application
,	O
user	O
account	O
settings	B-Application
,	O
and	O
hardware	O
settings	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
control	B-Protocol
panels	I-Protocol
require	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
have	O
admin	O
rights	O
or	O
root	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
control	B-Protocol
panel	I-Protocol
was	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
plugboards	O
in	O
unit	O
record	O
equipment	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
computers	O
of	O
the	O
1940s	O
and	O
'	O
50s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
1980s	O
,	O
the	O
Xerox	B-Operating_System
Star	I-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Lisa	I-Device
,	O
which	O
pioneered	O
the	O
first	O
graphical	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
metaphors	O
,	O
controlled	O
user	O
settings	B-Application
by	O
single	O
click	O
selections	O
and	O
variable	O
fields	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1984	O
the	O
Apple	O
Macintosh	O
in	O
its	O
initial	O
release	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
fundamental	O
graphic	O
representation	O
of	O
a	O
"	O
control	B-Protocol
panel	I-Protocol
board	O
"	O
imitating	O
the	O
operation	O
of	O
slider	O
controls	O
,	O
on/off	O
buttons	O
and	O
radio-select	O
buttons	O
that	O
corresponded	O
to	O
user	O
settings	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
many	O
tasks	O
grouped	O
in	O
a	O
control	B-Protocol
panel	I-Protocol
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Control	B-Protocol
Panel	I-Protocol
and	O
Settings	B-Application
app	O
are	O
where	O
various	O
computer	O
settings	B-Application
can	O
be	O
modified	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
a	O
control	B-Protocol
panel	I-Protocol
served	O
a	O
similar	O
purpose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
the	O
equivalent	O
to	O
control	B-Protocol
panels	I-Protocol
are	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
System	B-Operating_System
Preferences	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
web	O
hosting	O
,	O
browser-based	O
control	B-Protocol
panels	I-Protocol
,	O
such	O
as	O
CPanel	B-Protocol
and	O
Plesk	B-Language
,	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
manage	O
servers	O
,	O
web	O
services	O
and	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
different	O
control	B-Protocol
panels	I-Protocol
in	O
free	O
desktops	O
,	O
like	O
GNOME	B-Application
,	O
KDE	B-Application
,	O
Webmin	B-Application
...	O
</s>
