Editing Dashboard (section)

{{Short description|Control panel placed in front of the driver/pilot of a vehicle/small aircraft}}
{{About|a control panel placed in front of the driver or pilot of a vehicle or small aircraft}}

[[Image:Bentley Continental GTC 011.JPG|thumb|right|upright=1.3|The dashboard of a [[Bentley Continental GT]]C]]

A '''dashboard''' (also called '''dash''', '''instrument panel''' or '''IP''', or '''fascia''') is a [[control panel (engineering)|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.<ref name="dictionary">{{cite web|url=http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=dashboard|title=Dictionary entry for ''dashboard''|publisher=[[Merriam–Webster]]|access-date=2006-10-11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929140031/http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=dashboard|archive-date=2007-09-29}}</ref><ref name="OED">{{OED|dashboard}}; 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.</ref> 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 [[Data and information visualization|visual data]] in one place is also called a dashboard.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tableau.com/learn/articles/dashboards/what-is |title=What is a dashboard? A complete overview |date=2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=tableau.com |publisher=[[Salesforce]], Inc. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330192909/https://www.tableau.com/learn/articles/dashboards/what-is |archive-date=2024-03-30}}</ref>