Complete Definition of "cybernetics"

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Etymology
Category:Greek derivations
From Ancient Greek κ�βε�νη�ικ�� (kybernetikos) "good at steering, good pilot", (kybernetike techne: "the pilot's art", from Ancient Greek κ�βε�νι�μ��, κ�βέ�νη�ι� (kybernismos, kybernesis) "steering, pilotage, guiding", from κ�βε�νά� (kybernao) "to steer, to drive, to guide, to act as a pilot". The term first recorded in English in 1948.

Noun
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  1. The theory/science of communication and control in the animal and the machine.
  2. The art/study of governing, controlling processes and communication.
  3. Technology related to computers and Internet.

Translations
trans-top|science of communication and control
Czech: kybernetika f
German: Kybernetik f :de:Kybernetik|(de)
Hungarian: t|hu|kibernetika
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Hebrew: ק��רנ��ק� (qibernet'iqa) f (1,2)
Russian: t|ru|кибе�не�ика|f|tr=kib'ernétika
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trans-top|the art/study of governing
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Russian: t|ru|кибе�не�ика|f|tr=kib'ernétika
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trans-top|technology related to computers
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Russian: t|ru|кибе�не�ика|f|tr=kib'ernétika
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ttbc|Dutch: cybernetica (1,2), stuurkunde (1)
ttbc|French: [1] Cybernétique f :fr:Cybernétique|(fr)
ttbc|Italian: [1] Cibernetica f :it:Cibernetica|(it)
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ttbc|Polish: [1] Cybernetyka f :pl:Cybernetyka|(pl)
ttbc|Spanish: [1] Cibernética :es:Cibernética|(es)
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Related terms
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anthropocybernetics
biocybernetics
cyber-
cybercafe
cybernetic
cybernetically
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cyber
cybernetician
cyberneticist
cyberpunk
cyberspace
cyborg
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educational cybernetics
medical cybernetics
quantum cybernetics
technical cybernetics
second order cybernetics
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See also
connectionism
decision theory
information theory
systems science

Category:English pluralia tantum
Category:Systems theory

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