The command computer was the interface between the bridge and the engineering section of Federation starships in 2364. The computer was positioned to the left of the chief engineer's console on Galaxy-class starships. The bridge of a starship would issue a command to the engineering section for an event to occur, for example, to go to warp 3. A command computer would receive the order and pass the order to the engineering computers. The engineering computers in turn would then initialize the warp engines. The rate of communication was measured in milliseconds.