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WIKIPEDIA
“Wiener defined cybernetics in 1948 as ’the scientific study of
control and communication in the animal and the machine.’ The
word ’cybernetics’ comes from the Greek word κυβερνητική
(kyverni ̱tikí ̱
, ’government’), i.e. all that are pertinent to κυβερνώ
(kyvernó̱), the latter meaning to ’steer,’ ’navigate’ or ’govern,’
hence κυβέρνησις (kyvérni ̱sis, ’government’) is the government
while κυβερνήτης (kyverní ̱
ti ̱s) is the governor or the captain.”