noun
control program
A computer program that manages or supervises the operation of other programs or hardware; a direct loanword from English, used in technical IT contexts.
オペレーティングシステムのコントロールプログラムがメモリを管理する。
The operating system's control program manages memory.
Variant with interpunct; less common in running text but seen in technical contexts.
A more Japanese-native term for 'control program'; コントロールプログラム is the direct English loanword and may sound more technical or modern.
Borrowed from English 'control program'.