Definitions
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- noun The theoretical study of communication and control processes in biological, mechanical, and electronic systems, especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems.
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- noun The theory/science of
communication andcontrol in the animal and the machine. - noun The art/study of governing, controlling automatic processes and communication.
- noun Technology related to
computers andInternet .
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- noun (biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems)
Etymologies
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The term cybernetics was coined by Norbert Wiener, an American mathematician of the twentieth century.
cybernetics 2002
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It was the century of Clerk Maxwell, yes-I'm thinking mainly of his work on what we call cybernetics-and Babbage and Peirce and Ricardo and Clausewitz and a slew of other thinkers whom we're stifi living off of.
There Will Be Time Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1972
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It was the century of Clerk Maxwell, yes -- I’m thinking mainly of his work on what we call cybernetics -- and Babbage and Peirce and Ricardo and Clausewitz and a slew of other thinkers whom we’re still living off of.
Two in Time Anderson, Poul 1970
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Sankai, 48, is one of Japan’s foremost experts in cybernetics, the science of merging man with machine.
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The possibility for this sort of analysis was recognized early and practical applications were developed more or less independently by modelers in economics, ecology, industrial management, and what was then called cybernetics [53].
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The new ecosystem was known as cybernetics, which was given a wider meaning than the same word was in the West.
The Yorkshire Ranter 2010
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The characteristic feature of the new view of unity was the idea of cross-fertilization, instantiated in the creation of war-boosted inter-disciplines such as cybernetics, computation, electro-acoustics, psycho-acoustics, neutronics, game theory, and biophysics.
The Unity of Science Cat, Jordi 2007
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My favorite anecdotes in the book concern another old hero of mine, Norbert Wiener, who coined the term "cybernetics" and whose decidedly non-commercial The Human Use of Human Beings was published in paperback by Jason Epstein as an Anchor book.
The Believer 2001
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My favorite anecdotes in the book concern another old hero of mine, Norbert Wiener, who coined the term "cybernetics" and whose decidedly non-commercial The Human Use of Human Beings was published in paperback by Jason Epstein as an Anchor book.
The Believer 2001
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He created the term by combining "cybernetics," the science of replacing human functions with computerized ones, and "punk," the raucous music and nihilistic sensibility that became a youth culture in the 1970s and '80s.
eggoabbas commented on the word cybernetics
This word invented by Norbert Wiener
July 8, 2009
alexz commented on the word cybernetics
No, this word was around long before Weiner. You have to look back to Ampere for early usage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9-Marie_Amp%C3%A8re
http://books.google.ca/books?id=SAgJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA175&dq=cybernetics&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_svZUfGxF7HtiQLWn4H4Cg&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=cybernetics&f=false
Ampere , yeah, the same guy we name the AMP after, split the sciences into narrower and narrower categories. One science was called cybernetics. http://books.google.ca/books?id=uccAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA385&dq=cybernetics&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_svZUfGxF7HtiQLWn4H4Cg&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=cybernetics&f=false
July 7, 2013