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cybernetics Definition

☆ cy·ber·net·ics (-net′iks)

noun

the science dealing with the comparative study of human control systems, as the brain and nervous system, and complex electronic systems

Etymology: coined (1948) by Norbert Wiener < Gr kybernētēs, helmsman (< kybernan, to steer, govern) + -ics

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cybernetics

n.

computer science, comparative study of complex electronic machines, artificial intelligence, AI, system to describe the nature of the brain; see also computer, science 1.

cybernetics Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • do: I was interviewed by him when I applied to do cybernetics there.
  • define: Norbert Wiener defined cybernetics as " control and communication in the animal and the machine " .
  • call: Two examples of this trend are chaos theory and systems theory ( sometimes also called cybernetics ).

Adjective modifier

  • second: My suggestion is a view which is more realistic than much second order cybernetics.
  • managerial: Several teaching modules involve student development in systems thinking, systems modeling, business analysis, managerial cybernetics and change management.
  • organizational: His research interests are in the application of organizational cybernetics to the education system.

Modifies a noun

  • community: There was a connection between the cybernetics community and Chile.

Noun used with modifier

  • second-order: This is the land of second-order cybernetics, the joint share-holder in the concerns of this journal.
  • order: My suggestion is a view which is more realistic than much second order cybernetics.
  • management: Examples would be in management cybernetics and in the cybernetics of politics.