Are controls components?

Question

Just terminology question. Some articles mention that things like Button, Panel, SplitPanel, etc. are controls. Some called components. Is Both correct?

Answer 1

I think you're talking not about Visual Studio, but .NET.

System.Windows.Forms.Control class signature:

public class Control : Component, IDropTarget, ISynchronizeInvoke, IWin32Window, IBindableComponent, IComponent, IDisposable

System.ComponentModel.Component class signature:

public class Component : MarshalByRefObject, IComponent, IDisposable

Thus, a Control is a Component.