English Dictionary
cybernetics
n : the field of science concerned with processes of
communication and control (especially the comparison of
these processes in biological and artificial systems)
English Computing Dictionary
cybernetics
The comparative study of the internal workings of
organic and machine processes in order to understand their
similarities and differences. Cybernetics often refers to
machines that imitate human behaviour.
See {artificial intelligence}, {robot}.
(1994-11-24)