different between cybernetics vs cybernetic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????????? (kubern?tikós, “good at steering, good pilot”), from ???????? (kuberná?, “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, influenced by the cognate term governor, an early control device.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sa?.b?(?)?n?.t?ks/

Noun

cybernetics (uncountable)

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

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See also

• connectionism
• decision theory
• information theory
• systems science

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

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