cybernetics
The theory/science of communication and control in living organisms or machinesThe theory/science of communication and control in living organisms or machines.
» He is interested in the latest development of cybernetics.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable)The theory/science of communication and control in living organisms or machines.
Near-synonym: control theory (not consistently differentiated)
Kybernetik
киберне́тикаkibernɛ́tika
кіберне́тикаkibernétyka
(biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems)
(uncountable)The art/study of governing, controlling automatic processes and communication.
киберне́тикаkibernɛ́tika
(uncountable)Technology that is part of and controlled by a living organism (e.g. a cyborg); cybernetic or bionic technology such as prostheses.
(uncountable)Technology related to computers and the Internet.
киберне́тикаkibernɛ́tika
Examples
1 sentencesHe is interested in the latest development of cybernetics.
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Origin
From Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kubernḗtēs, “steersman”), from κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “to steeFrom Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kubernḗtēs, “steersman”), from κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “to steer, drive, guide, act as a pilot”) (whence English govern). The term is attested since at least 1948 in the book Cybernetics by Norbert Wiener, influenced by the cognate term and doublet governor, the name of an early control device proposed by James Clerk Maxwell in 1868. Note also the 1830s French cybernétique (“the art of governing”). Also doublet of Kubernetes.
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