different between cyberpunk vs cybernetics

English

Etymology

cyber- +? punk, coined by Bruce Bethke as the title of a 1983 short story, and later popularized by Gardner Dozois.

Noun

cyberpunk (countable and uncountable, plural cyberpunks)

1. (science fiction, uncountable) A subgenre of science fiction which focuses on computer or information technology and virtual reality juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.
2. (countable) A cyberpunk character, a hacker punk, a high-tech low life.

3. (countable) A writer of cyberpunk fiction.
   • 1989, SPIN magazine (volume 4, number 10, January 1989, page 50)

     […] cyberpunks like William Gibson, Lucious Sheperd^[sic], Bruce Sterling […]

4. (music, uncountable) A musical genre related to the punk movement that makes use of electronic sounds such as synthesizers.

Derived terms

• -punk

Related terms

• steampunk
• solarpunk

Translations

Further reading

• cyberpunk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bruce Bethke (1997) , “The Etymology of Cyberpunk”, in brucebethke.com?^[2], archived from the original on 2013-07-16

Finnish

Noun

cyberpunk

1. Alternative spelling of kyberpunk

Declension

French

Noun

cyberpunk m (plural cyberpunks)

1. (science fiction) cyberpunk

Polish

Etymology

From English cyberpunk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?s??b?r.pank/

Noun

cyberpunk m inan

1. (literature) cyberpunk (sci-fi subgenre)

Declension

Noun

cyberpunk m pers

1. cyberpunk (cyberpunk character, a hacker punk, a high-tech low life)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) cyberpunkowy

Further reading

• cyberpunk in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• cyberpunk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

cyberpunk m (plural cyberpunks)

1. cyberpunk

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.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• connectionism
• decision theory
• information theory
• systems science