different between cybernetic vs bioroid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???????????? (kubern?tikós, “good at steering, good pilot”), from ??????????? ????? (kubern?tik? tékhn?, “the pilot’s art”), from Ancient Greek ??????????? (kubernismós), ?????????? (kubérn?sis, “steering, pilotage, guiding”), from ???????? (kuberná?, “to steer, to drive, to guide, to act as a pilot”) (which is also ultimately the root of govern as well). The term first recorded in English in 1948.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sa?b?(?)?n?t?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sa?b??n?t?k/
• Rhymes: -?t?k

Adjective

cybernetic (comparative more cybernetic, superlative most cybernetic)

1. Of or relating to cybernetics—the mathematical study of communication and control in the animal and the machine.
2. Of or relating to computers and internet.

Related terms

• cyber-
• cybernetics
• cybernetically
• cyber
• cyberneticist, cybernetician

Translations

English

Etymology

Blend of bio- +? android

Noun

bioroid (plural bioroids)

1. (science fiction) A cybernetic or fully biological organism created by artificial means.
2. (science fiction) A genetically engineered humanoid-like organism created for the purpose of enslavement.

Synonyms

• biorobot
• replicant

See also

• genetic engineering
• biorobotics
• nanobot