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Definition 2024

cybernetics

cybernetics

English

Noun

cybernetics ‎(uncountable)

The theory/science of communication and control in the animal and the machine.
The art/study of governing, controlling automatic processes and communication.
Technology related to computers and Internet.

Derived terms

Derived terms

anthropocybernetics
biocybernetics
educational cybernetics
management cybernetics

medical cybernetics
quantum cybernetics
second order cybernetics
technical cybernetics

Related terms

Translations

science of communication and control

Arabic: سَبْرَانِيَّة f ‎(sabrāniyya)
Armenian: կիբեռնետիկա (hy) ‎(kibeṙnetika)
Azeri: kibernetika
Chinese:
Mandarin: 控制論 (zh), 控制论 (zh) ‎(kòngzhìlùn)
Czech: kybernetika (cs) f
Dutch: cybernetica (nl), cybernetika, stuurkunde (nl)
Estonian: küberneetika
Finnish: kybernetiikka (fi)
French: cybernétique (fr) f
German: Kybernetik (de) f
Hebrew: קיברנטיקה (he) f ‎(qibernet'iqa)

Hungarian: kibernetika (hu)
Icelandic: stýrifræði f pl
Italian: cibernetica (it) f
Japanese: サイバネティックス ‎(saibanetikkusu), 人工頭脳 ‎(じんこうずのう, jinkō-zunō)
Korean: 인공두뇌학 ‎(in-gongdunoehak)
Kurdish: sîbernetîk (ku)
Mongolian: кибернетик (mn) ‎(kibernetik), залуур зүй ‎(zaluur züj)
Persian: سیبرنتیک (fa)
Polish: cybernetyka (pl) f
Portuguese: cibernética (pt) f
Russian: киберне́тика (ru) f ‎(kibernétika)
Swedish: kybernetik (sv) c, reglerteknik (sv) c

the art/study of controling

Azeri: kibernetika
Chinese:
Mandarin: 控制論 (zh), 控制论 (zh) ‎(kòngzhìlùn)
Dutch: stuurkunde (nl)
Finnish: automaatiotutkimus

French: cybernétique (fr) f
Italian: cibernetica (it) f
Portuguese: cibernética (pt) f
Russian: киберне́тика (ru) f ‎(kibernétika)
Swedish: reglerteknik (sv) c

technology related to computers

Azeri: kibernetika
Chinese:
Mandarin:
Dutch: cybertechnologie
Finnish: tietotekniikka (fi)

French: informatique (fr) f
Portuguese: cibernética (pt) f
Russian: киберне́тика (ru) f ‎(kibernétika)
Swedish: datateknik c, datavetenskap c, kybernetik (sv) c

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