cybernetics

Meanings

Noun

(biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems)
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.

Origin / 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. Note also the 1830s French cybernétique (“the art of governing”). Also doublet of Kubernetes.

Scrabble Score: 20

cybernetics is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
cybernetics is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cybernetics is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 23

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