Synonyms for cybernetics
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sahy-ber-net-iks |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌsaɪ bərˈnɛt ɪks |
Définition of cybernetics
Origin :- coined 1948 by U.S. mathematician Norbert Wiener (1894-1964) from Greek kybernetes "steersman" (metaphorically "guide, governor") + -ics; perhaps based on 1830s French cybernétique "the art of governing."
- The future offers very little hope for those who expect that our new mechanical slaves will offer us a world in which we may rest from thinking. Help us they may, but at the cost of supreme demands upon our honesty and our intelligence. [Norbert Weiner, "God and Golem, Inc.," 1964]
- noun science studying brain function to design analagous mechanical systems
- Cybernetics gained its monopoly by cutting costs of production.
- Extract from : « Joy Ride » by Mark Meadows
- During the indoctrination period you will do a very simple routine job in coordination with the cybernetics machines.
- Extract from : « The Victor » by Bryce Walton
- Cybernetics is a combined study of machines and the human nervous system.
- Extract from : « The Caves of Fear » by John Blaine
- Her console's so simple anyone with a basic knowledge of computers and cybernetics could figure her out.
- Extract from : « Where I Wasn't Going » by Walt Richmond
- He got interested in neurology from the physics angle toward the end of his life, and contributed a lot to cybernetics.
- Extract from : « Sentiment, Inc. » by Poul William Anderson
- A cybernetics engineer and machine tender, he was down to ten hours a week of work.
- Extract from : « The Junkmakers » by Albert R. Teichner
- It is not generally known that all the periodical publications for the world were put out by Cybernetics.
- Extract from : « Joy Ride » by Mark Meadows
- Dr. Auerbach was playing around with a chemical approach to cybernetics.
- Extract from : « Sense from Thought Divide » by Mark Irvin Clifton
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