cybernetics

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Noun cybernetics has 1 sense

cybernetics - (biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems)
--₁ is a kind of information science, informatics, information processing, IP

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Cybernetics

noun:

1. The study of control systems and communication in animals and machines.

2. The science of communication and control theory, which blends electronics, communication theory, computer science, and various branches of engineering.

3. The use of electronic systems and technology to control or monitor the functioning of a system or process.

4. The interaction between humans and machines or computers.