different between cyberspace vs cybernetics

English

Etymology

Blend of cybernetics +? space, coined by science-fiction writer William Gibson in his 1982 short story collection Burning Chrome and popularized in his 1984 novel Neuromancer.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sa?.b?(?)?spe?s/
• enPR: SAÏ-buhr-speïs

Noun

cyberspace (countable and uncountable, plural cyberspaces)

1. A world of information accessed through the Internet.
2. (by extension, somewhat dated) The Internet as a whole.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Internet
3. (science fiction) A three-dimensional representation of virtual space in a computer network.

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See also

• cyberpunk

Further reading

• cyberspace on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007) , “cyberspace”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 31
• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2021) , “cyberspace n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.

Anagrams

• cyberscape

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