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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

• Arabic: سَبْرَانِيَّة f (sabrāniyya)
• Armenian: կիբեռնետիկա (hy) (kibeṙnetika)
• Azerbaijani: kibernetika
• Catalan: cibernètica f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: kybernetika (cs) f
• Dutch: cybernetica (nl) ?, cybernetika ?, stuurkunde (nl) ?
• Esperanto: cibernetiko
• Estonian: küberneetika
• Finnish: kybernetiikka (fi)
• French: cybernétique (fr) f
• Georgian: კიბერნეტიკა (ḳiberneṭiḳa)
• German: Kybernetik (de) f
• Hebrew: קיברנטיקה (he) f (qibernet'iqa)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: kibernetika (hu)
• Icelandic: stýrifræði f pl
• Ido: cibernetiko (io)
• 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:
• Mongolian: кибернетик (mn) (kibernetik), залуур зүй (zaluur züj)
• Persian: سیبرنتیک (fa)
• Polish: cybernetyka (pl) f
• Portuguese: cibernética (pt) f
• Russian: киберне́тика (ru) f (kibernétika)
• Spanish: cibernética (es) f
• Swedish: kybernetik (sv) c, reglerteknik (sv) c
• Thai: ไซเบอร์เนติกส์ (th) (sai-bə̂ə-nee-dtìks)

the art/study of controling

• Azerbaijani: kibernetika
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: stuurkunde (nl) ?
• Esperanto: cibernetiko
• Finnish: automaatiotutkimus
• French: cybernétique (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Georgian: კიბერნეტიკა (ḳiberneṭiḳa)
• Ido: cibernetiko (io)
• Italian: cibernetica (it) f
• Portuguese: cibernética (pt) f
• Russian: киберне́тика (ru) f (kibernétika)
• 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), 电脑技术 (diànnǎo jìshù)

• Dutch: cybertechnologie ?
• Esperanto: cibernetiko
• Finnish: tietotekniikka (fi)
• French: informatique (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Georgian: კიბერნეტიკა (ḳiberneṭiḳa)
• Ido: cibernetiko (io)
• Portuguese: cibernética (pt) f
• Russian: киберне́тика (ru) f (kibernétika)
• 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. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} kibernetiko
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} kibernetiko

See also

• connectionism
• decision theory
• information theory
• systems science