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

• anthropocybernetics
• biocybernetics
• educational cybernetics
• management cybernetics
• medical cybernetics
• quantum cybernetics
• technical cybernetics
• second order cybernetics

Related terms

cyber cyber- cybercafe cybernetic cybernetically cybernetician

cyberneticist cyberpunk cyberspace cyborg govern

Translations

science of communication and control

• Arabic: سبرانية f (sabraaníyya)
• Armenian: կիբեռնետիկա (kibeṙnetika)
• Azeri: kibernetika
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 控制論, 控制论 (zh) (kòngzhì-lùn)

• Czech: kybernetika (cs) f
• Dutch: cybernetica (nl), cybernetika, stuurkunde (nl)
• Estonian: küberneetika
• French: cybernétique (fr) f
• German: Kybernetik (de) f

• Hebrew: קיברנטיקה f (qibernet'iqa)
• Hungarian: kibernetika (hu)
• Italian: cibernetica 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)
• Persian: سیبرنتیک (fa)
• Polish: cybernetyka f
• Portuguese: cibernética (pt) f
• Russian: кибернетика (ru) f (kibernétika)

the art/study of controling

• Azeri: kibernetika
• Dutch: stuurkunde (nl)
• French: cybernétique (fr) f

• Portuguese: cibernética (pt) f
• Russian: кибернетика (ru) f (kib'ernétika)

technology related to computers

• Azeri: kibernetika
• Dutch: cybertechnologie

• French: informatique (fr) f
• Portuguese: cibernética (pt) f
• Russian: кибернетика (ru) f (kibernétika)

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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