The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. 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.
n. The theory/science of communication and control in the animal and the machine.
n. The art/study of governing, controlling automatic processes and communication.
n. Technology related to computers and Internet.
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n. (biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems)
Word Usage
"The term cybernetics was coined by Norbert Wiener, an American mathematician of the twentieth century."