Cybernetics Definition

sībər-nĕtĭks
noun
The science dealing with the comparative study of human control systems, as the brain and nervous system, and complex electronic systems.
Webster's New World

Technology related to computers and Internet.

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Origin of Cybernetics

  • From Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikos, “good at steering, good pilot”), from κυβερνάω (kubernaō, “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.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Greek kubernētēs governor from kubernān to govern

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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