general control

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

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Controls, other than application controls, that relate to the environment within which application systems are developed, maintained, and operated, and that are therefore applicable to all the applications at an institution. The objectives of general controls are to ensure the proper development and implementation of systems, and the integrity of program and data files and of computer operations.

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Entity Type

Control92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

8 surface forms

synonym: ✔ 5 ADs referenced the term
alternatephrasing: General controls
plural: general controlsGeneral controlses
possessive: general control'sGeneral controls's
pluralpossessive: general controls'General controlses'

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