Cybernetics
WordNet
noun
(1) (biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems)
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Etymology
From from . The term first recorded in English in 1948.
Noun
- The theory/science of communication and control in the animal and the machine.
- The art/study of governing, controlling automatic processes and communication.
- Technology related to computers and Internet.
Related terms
- cyber
- cyber-
- cybercafe
- cybernetic
- cybernetically
- cybernetician
- cyberneticist
- cyberpunk
- cyberspace
- cyborg
- govern