Definitions for Cyberneticsˌsaɪ bərˈnɛt ɪks

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

cy•ber•net•ics*ˌsaɪ bərˈnɛt ɪks(n.)

  1. the comparative study of organic control and communication systems, as the brain and its neurons, and mechanical or electronic systems analogous to them, as robots or computers.

    Category: Computers

* (used with a sing. v.).

Origin of cybernetics:

1948; < Gk kybernḗt(ēs) helmsman, steersman (kybernē-, var. s. of kybernân to steer +-tēs agent suffix) + -ics

cy`ber•net′i•cist-nɪˈtɪʃ ən(n.)

cy`ber•ne•ti′cian-nɪˈtɪʃ ən(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. cybernetics(noun)



  1. cybernetics(Noun)

    The theory/science of communication and control in the animal and the machine.

  2. cybernetics(Noun)

    The art/study of governing, controlling automatic processes and communication.

  3. cybernetics(Noun)

    Technology related to computers and Internet.

  4. Origin: From κυβερνητικός, from κυβερνάω, possibly based on 1830s French cybernétique "the art of governing." The term was coined in 1948 by U.S. mathematician Norbert Wiener.


  1. Cybernetics


U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Cybernetics

    That branch of learning which brings together theories and studies on communication and control in living organisms and machines.


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