cybernetics

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός ‎(kubernētikós, “good at steering, good pilot”), from κυβερνάω ‎(kubernáō, “I steer, drive, guide, act as a pilot”), possibly based on 1830s French cybernétique "the art of governing." The term was coined in 1948 by U.S. mathematician Norbert Wiener.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ.bɜː(ɹ).nɛt.ɪks/

Noun

cybernetics ‎(uncountable)

1. The theory/science of communication and control in the animal and the machine.
2. The art/study of governing, controlling automatic processes and communication.
3. Technology related to computers and Internet.

Derived terms

Derived terms

anthropocybernetics biocybernetics educational cybernetics management cybernetics

medical cybernetics quantum cybernetics second order cybernetics technical cybernetics

Related terms

cyber cyber- cybercafe cybernetic cybernetically cybernetician

cyberneticist cyberpunk cyberspace cyborg govern

Translations

science of communication and control

• Arabic: سَبْرَانِيَّة f ‎(sabrāniyya)
• Armenian: կիբեռնետիկա (hy) ‎(kibeṙnetika)
• Azeri: kibernetika
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 控制論 (zh), 控制论 (zh) ‎(kòngzhìlùn)

• Czech: kybernetika (cs) f
• Dutch: cybernetica (nl), cybernetika, stuurkunde (nl)
• Estonian: küberneetika
• Finnish: kybernetiikka (fi)
• French: cybernétique (fr) f
• German: Kybernetik (de) f
• Hebrew: קיברנטיקה (he) f ‎(qibernet'iqa)

• Hungarian: kibernetika (hu)
• Icelandic: stýrifræði f pl
• Italian: cibernetica (it) f
• Japanese: サイバネティックス ‎(saibanetikkusu), 人工頭脳 ‎(じんこうずのう, jinkō-zunō)
• Korean: 인공두뇌학 ‎(in-gongdunoehak)
• Kurdish: sîbernetîk (ku)
• Mongolian: кибернетик (mn) ‎(kibernetik), залуур зүй ‎(zaluur züj)
• Persian: سیبرنتیک (fa)
• Polish: cybernetyka (pl) f
• Portuguese: cibernética (pt) f
• Russian: киберне́тика (ru) f ‎(kibernétika)
• Swedish: kybernetik (sv) c, reglerteknik (sv) c

the art/study of controling

• Azeri: kibernetika
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 控制論 (zh), 控制论 (zh) ‎(kòngzhìlùn)

• Dutch: stuurkunde (nl)
• Finnish: automaatiotutkimus

• French: cybernétique (fr) f
• Italian: cibernetica (it) f
• Portuguese: cibernética (pt) f
• Russian: киберне́тика (ru) f ‎(kibernétika)
• Swedish: reglerteknik (sv) c

technology related to computers

• Azeri: kibernetika
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: cybertechnologie
• Finnish: tietotekniikka (fi)

• French: informatique (fr) f
• Portuguese: cibernética (pt) f
• Russian: киберне́тика (ru) f ‎(kibernétika)
• Swedish: datateknik c, datavetenskap c, kybernetik (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} kibernetiko

• Ido: ^{(please verify)} kibernetiko

See also

• connectionism
• decision theory
• information theory
• systems science