cybernetics

CEFRB2

/ˌsaɪ.bə(ɹ)ˈnɛ.tɪks/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    The study of control and communication in machines and living systems.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Technology related to computers and the Internet.

Examples

  • He is interested in the latest development of cybernetics.

  • Near-synonym: control theory (not consistently differentiated)

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
1

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noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. The theory/science of communication and control in living organisms or machines.

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Origin

noun

From Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kubernḗtēs, “steersman”), from κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “to steer, drive, guide, act as a pilot”) (whence English govern). The term is attested since at least 1948 in the book Cybernetics by Norbert Wiener, influenced by the cognate term and doublet governor, the name of an early control device proposed by James Clerk Maxwell in 1868. Note also the 1830s French cybernétique (“the art of governing”). Also doublet of Kubernetes.