cybernetics

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kubernḗtēs, “steersman”), from κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “I 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.^[1] Note also the 1830s French cybernétique (“the art of governing”). Also doublet of Kubernetes.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌsaɪ.bə(ɹ)ˈnɛ.tɪks/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

cybernetics (uncountable)

The theory/science of communication and control in living organisms or machines.
The art/study of governing, controlling automatic processes and communication.
Technology related to computers and Internet.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

science of communication and control

Albanian: kibernetikë (sq) f
Arabic: سَبْرَانِيَّة f (sabrāniyya)
Armenian: կիբեռնետիկա (hy) (kibeṙnetika)
Azerbaijani: kibernetika
Bashkir: кибернетика (kibernetika)
Belarusian: кіберне́тыка f (kibjernjétyka), кібэрнэ́тыка f (kibernétyka)
Bulgarian: киберне́тика (bg) f (kibernétika)
Catalan: cibernètica (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 控制論／控制论 (zh) (kòngzhìlùn), 模控學／模控学 (mókòngxué)
Czech: kybernetika (cs) f
Danish: kybernetik c
Dutch: cybernetica (nl) f, cybernetika f, stuurkunde (nl) f
Esperanto: kibernetiko, cibernetiko
Estonian: küberneetika
Finnish: kybernetiikka (fi)
French: cybernétique (fr) f
Georgian: კიბერნეტიკა (ḳiberneṭiḳa)
German: Kybernetik (de) f
Greek: κυβερνητική (el) f (kyvernitikí)
Hebrew: קִיבֶּרְנֶטִיקָה (he) f (kibernétika)
Hindi: संतांत्रिकी (santāntrikī), साइबरनेटिक्स (sāibarneṭiks)
Hungarian: kibernetika (hu)
Icelandic: stýrifræði f pl
Ido: cibernetiko (io)
Indonesian: sibernetika (id)
Italian: cibernetica (it) f
Japanese: サイバネティックス (ja) (saibanetikkusu), 人工頭脳 (じんこうずのう, jinkō zunō)
Kazakh: кибернетика (kibernetika)
Korean: 인공두뇌학(人工頭腦學) (in'gongdunoehak)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: sîbernetîk (ku)
Kyrgyz: кибернетика (kibernetika)
Latin: cybernetica f
Latvian: kibernētika f
Lithuanian: kibernetika f
Macedonian: кибернетика f (kibernetika)
Malay: sibernetik
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: кибернетик (mn) (kibernetik), залуур зүй (zaluur züj)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kybernetikk m
Persian: سیبرنتیک (fa) (sâybernetik)
Polish: cybernetyka (pl) f
Portuguese: cibernética (pt) f
Romanian: cibernetică (ro) f
Russian: киберне́тика (ru) f (kibernɛ́tika)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кибернѐтика f

Roman: kibernètika (sh) f
Slovak: kybernetika f
Slovene: kibernetika f
Spanish: cibernética (es) f
Swedish: cybernetik (sv) c, kybernetik (sv) c, reglerteknik (sv) c
Tajik: кибернетика (kibernetika)
Thai: ไซเบอร์เนติกส์ (th) (sai-bə̂ə-nee-dtìks)
Turkmen: kibernetika
Ukrainian: кіберне́тика (uk) f (kibernétyka)
Urdu: سائبرنیٹکس (sāibarneṭiks)
Uzbek: kibernetika (uz)
Vietnamese: điều khiển học (調遣學)

the art/study of controling

Azerbaijani: kibernetika
Chinese:
Mandarin: 控制論／控制论 (zh) (kòngzhìlùn)
Dutch: stuurkunde (nl) ?
Esperanto: kibernetiko, cibernetiko
Finnish: automaatiotutkimus
French: cybernétique (fr) f
Georgian: კიბერნეტიკა (ḳiberneṭiḳa)
Ido: cibernetiko (io)
Italian: cibernetica (it) f
Portuguese: cibernética (pt) f
Russian: киберне́тика (ru) f (kibernɛ́tika)
Spanish: cibernética (es) f
Swedish: reglerteknik (sv) c

technology related to computers

Azerbaijani: kibernetika
Chinese:
Mandarin: 電腦技術／电脑技术 (diànnǎo jìshù)
Dutch: cybertechnologie ?
Esperanto: kibernetiko, cibernetiko
Finnish: tietotekniikka (fi)
French: informatique (fr) f
Georgian: კიბერნეტიკა (ḳiberneṭiḳa)
Ido: cibernetiko (io)
Portuguese: cibernética (pt) f
Russian: киберне́тика (ru) f (kibernɛ́tika)
Spanish: cibernética (es) f
Swedish: datateknik c, datavetenskap (sv) c, kybernetik (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Ido: ^{(please verify)} kibernetiko

References

^ Norbert Wiener (1948) Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine, New York: John Wiley, page 19:
We have decided to call the entire field of control and communication theory […] by the name Cybernetics, which we form from the Greek κυβερνήτης or steersman. In choosing this term, we wish to recognize that the first significant paper on feed-back mechanisms is an article on governors, which was published by Clerk Maxwell in 1868, and that governor is derived from a Latin corruption of κυβερνήτης.

[1] Norbert Wiener (1948) Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine, New York: John Wiley, page 19:
We have decided to call the entire field of control and communication theory […] by the name Cybernetics, which we form from the Greek κυβερνήτης or steersman. In choosing this term, we wish to recognize that the first significant paper on feed-back mechanisms is an article on governors, which was published by Clerk Maxwell in 1868, and that governor is derived from a Latin corruption of κυβερνήτης.

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