The reference point in a compensation range that represents the intended average pay for all employees at that compensation level. For grade structures, control points are typically, but not always, the range midpoint. Broad band structures can use control points but rarely do.
— Computer Science1. A position along a route of march at which personnel are stationed to give information and instructions for the regulation of supply or traffic. 2. A position marked by coordinates (latitude, longitude), a buoy, boat, aircraft, electronic device, conspicuous terrain feature, or other identifiable object, which is given a name or number and used as an aid to navigation or control of ships, boats, or aircraft. 3. In marking mosaics, a point located by ground survey with which a corresponding point on a photograph is matched as a check. Also called CP.
— USA Army