Dashboard

This article is about a control panel placed in front of the driver or pilot of a vehicle or small aircraft. For other uses, see Dashboard (disambiguation).
The dashboard of a Bentley Continental GTC

A dashboard (also called dash, instrument panel or IP, or fascia) is a control panel set within the central console of a vehicle, boat, or cockpit of an aircraft or spacecraft. Usually located directly ahead of the driver (or pilot), it displays instrumentation and controls for the vehicle's operation.[1][2] An electronic equivalent may be called an electronic instrument cluster, digital instrument panel, digital dash, digital speedometer or digital instrument cluster. By analogy, a succinct display of various types of related visual data in one place is also called a dashboard.[3]

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  2. ^ "dashboard". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.); citing Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents, 1846, 81, in United States Congressional Serial Set (29th Congress, 2nd Session: House of Representatives Executive Document 52), III.
  3. ^ "What is a dashboard? A complete overview". tableau.com. Salesforce, Inc. 2024. Archived from the original on 2024-03-30. Retrieved 10 July 2024.