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  <span class="location-badge">exported from <a href="/angular2/forms">angular2/forms</a></span>
  defined in <a href="https://github.com/angular/angular/tree/master/modules/angular2/src/forms/model.js#L96">angular2/src/forms/model.js (line 96)</a>

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  Defines a part of a form that cannot be divided into other controls.
  
  `Control` is one of the three fundamental building blocks used to define forms in Angular, along with 
  <a href="angular2/forms/ControlGroup-class"><code>ControlGroup</code></a> and <a href="angular2/forms/ControlArray-class"><code>ControlArray</code></a>.
  
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