cybernetics

English

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, influenced by the cognate term governor, an early control device.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌsaɪ.bə(ɹ)ˈnɛ.tɪks/

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
• second order cybernetics
• technical cybernetics

 

Related terms

• cyber
• cyber-
• cybercafe
• cybernetic
• cybernetically
• cybernetician
• cyberneticist
• cyberpunk
• cyberspace
• cyborg
• govern

 

Translations

science of communication and control

• Albanian: kibernetikë (sq) f
• Arabic: سَبْرَانِيَّة‎ f (sabrāniyya)
• Armenian: կիբեռնետիկա (hy) (kibeṙnetika)
• Azerbaijani: kibernetika
• Bashkir: кибернетика (kibernetika)
• Belarusian: кіберне́тыка f (kibjernjétyka), кібэрнэ́тыка f (kibernétyka)
• Bulgarian: киберне́тика (bg) f (kibernétika)
• Catalan: cibernètica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 控制論 (zh), 控制论 (zh) (kòngzhìlùn), 模控學, 模控学 (mókòngxué)

• Czech: kybernetika (cs) f
• Danish: kybernetik c
• Dutch: cybernetica (nl) f, cybernetika f, stuurkunde (nl) f
• Esperanto: cibernetiko
• Estonian: küberneetika
• Finnish: kybernetiikka (fi)
• French: cybernétique (fr) f
• Georgian: კიბერნეტიკა (ḳiberneṭiḳa)
• German: Kybernetik (de) f
• Greek: κυβερνητική (el) f (kyvernitikí)
• Hebrew: קִיבֶּרְנֶטִיקָה‎ (he) f (kibernétika)
• Hindi: साइबर्नेटिक्स (sāibarneṭiks)
• Hungarian: kibernetika (hu)
• Icelandic: stýrifræði f pl
• Ido: cibernetiko (io)
• Indonesian: sibernetika (id)
• 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)
• Kazakh: кибернетика (kibernetika)
• Korean: 인공두뇌학(人工頭腦學) (in'gongdunoehak)

• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: sîbernetîk (ku)

• Kyrgyz: кибернетика (kibernetika)
• Latin: cybernetica f
• Latvian: kibernētika f
• Lithuanian: kibernetika f
• Macedonian: кибернетика f (kibernetika)
• Malay: sibernetik
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: кибернетик (mn) (kibyörnyötik), залуур зүй (dzaluur dzüy)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kybernetikk m

• Persian: سیبرنتیک‎ (fa) (sâybernetik)
• Polish: cybernetyka (pl) f
• Portuguese: cibernética (pt) f
• Russian: киберне́тика (ru) f (kibernɛ́tika)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кибернѐтика f

  Roman: kibernètika (sh) f

• Slovak: kybernetika f
• Slovene: kibernetika f
• Spanish: cibernética (es) f
• Swedish: kybernetik (sv) c, reglerteknik (sv) c
• Tajik: кибернетика (kibernetika)
• Thai: ไซเบอร์เนติกส์ (th) (sai-bə̂ə-nee-dtìks)
• Turkmen: kibernetika
• Ukrainian: кіберне́тика (uk) f (kibernétyka)
• Urdu: سائبرنیٹکس‎ (sāibarneṭiks)
• Uzbek: kibernetika (uz)
• Vietnamese: điều khiển học (調遣學)

the art/study of controling

• Azerbaijani: kibernetika
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: stuurkunde (nl) ?
• Esperanto: cibernetiko
• Finnish: automaatiotutkimus
• French: cybernétique (fr) f

• Georgian: კიბერნეტიკა (ḳiberneṭiḳa)
• Ido: cibernetiko (io)
• Italian: cibernetica (it) f
• Portuguese: cibernética (pt) f
• Russian: киберне́тика (ru) f (kibernɛ́tika)
• Spanish: cibernética (es) f
• Swedish: reglerteknik (sv) c

technology related to computers

• Azerbaijani: kibernetika
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電腦技術, 电脑技术 (diànnǎo jìshù)

• Dutch: cybertechnologie ?
• Esperanto: cibernetiko
• Finnish: tietotekniikka (fi)
• French: informatique (fr) f

• Georgian: კიბერნეტიკა (ḳiberneṭiḳa)
• Ido: cibernetiko (io)
• Portuguese: cibernética (pt) f
• Russian: киберне́тика (ru) f (kibernɛ́tika)
• Spanish: cibernética (es) f
• Swedish: datateknik c, datavetenskap c, kybernetik (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} kibernetiko

• Ido: ^{(please verify)} kibernetiko

See also

• connectionism
• decision theory
• information theory
• systems science