cybernetic

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kybernētikos), “‘good at steering, good pilot’”), from κυβερνητική τέχνη (kybernētikē technē), “‘the pilot’s art’”), from Ancient Greek κυβερνισμός (kybernismos), κυβέρνησις (kybernēsis), “‘steering, pilotage, guiding’”), from κυβερνάω (kybernaō), “‘to steer, to drive, to guide, to act as a pilot’”). The term first recorded in English in 1948.

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• (UK) IPA: /ˌsaɪbə(ɹ)ˈnɛtɪk/, SAMPA: /%saIb@(r)"nEtIk/
• (US) IPA: /ˌsaɪbɚˈnɛtɪk/, SAMPA: /%saIb@`"nEtIk/

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cybernetic (comparative more cybernetic, superlative most cybernetic)

1. Of or related to cybernetics—the mathematical study of communication and control in the animal and the machine.
2. Related to computers and internet.

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• cyber-
• cybernetics
• cybernetically
• cyber
• cyberneticist, cybernetician

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