cybernetics

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From Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kubernḗtēs, “steersman”), from κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “to steer, drive, guide, act as a pilot”) (whence English govern). The term is attested since at least 1948 in the book Cybernetics by Norbert Wiener, influenced by the cognate term and doublet governor, the name of an early control device proposed by James Clerk Maxwell in 1868. Note also the 1830s French cybernétique (“the art of governing”). Also doublet of Kubernetes.

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kibernetikë — science of communication and control
• Arabic: سَبْرَانِيَّة (sabrāniyya) — science of communication and control
• Armenian: կիբեռնետիկա (kibeṙnetika) — science of communication and control
• Azerbaijani: kibernetika — science of communication and control
• Bashkir: кибернетика (kibernetika) — science of communication and control
• Belarusian: кіберне́тыка (kibjernjétyka) — science of communication and control
• Belarusian: кібэрнэ́тыка (kibernétyka) — science of communication and control
• Bulgarian: киберне́тика (kibernétika) — science of communication and control
• Catalan: cibernètica — science of communication and control
• Chinese Mandarin: 控制論 /控制论 (kòngzhìlùn) — science of communication and control
• Chinese Mandarin: 模控學 /模控学 (mókòngxué) — science of communication and control
• Czech: kybernetika — science of communication and control
• Danish: kybernetik — science of communication and control
• Dutch: cybernetica — science of communication and control
• Dutch: cybernetika — science of communication and control
• Dutch: stuurkunde — science of communication and control
• Esperanto: kibernetiko — science of communication and control
• Esperanto: cibernetiko — science of communication and control
• Estonian: küberneetika — science of communication and control
• Finnish: kybernetiikka — science of communication and control
• French: cybernétique — science of communication and control
• Georgian: კიბერნეტიკა (ḳiberneṭiḳa) — science of communication and control
• German: Kybernetik — science of communication and control
• Greek: κυβερνητική (kyvernitikí) — science of communication and control
• Greek: ψηφιοκυβερνητική (psifiokyvernitikí) — science of communication and control
• Hebrew: קִיבֶּרְנֶטִיקָה (kibernétika) — science of communication and control
• Hindi: संतांत्रिकी (santāntrikī) — science of communication and control
• Hindi: साइबरनेटिक्स (sāibarneṭiks) — science of communication and control
• Hungarian: kibernetika — science of communication and control
• Icelandic: stýrifræði — science of communication and control
• Ido: cibernetiko — science of communication and control
• Indonesian: sibernetika — science of communication and control
• Italian: cibernetica — science of communication and control
• Japanese: サイバネティックス (saibanetikkusu) — science of communication and control
• Japanese: 人工頭脳 (jinkō zunō) — science of communication and control
• Kazakh: кибернетика (kibernetika) — science of communication and control
• Korean: 인공두뇌학 (in'gongdunoehak) — science of communication and control
• Northern Kurdish: sîbernetîk — science of communication and control
• Kyrgyz: кибернетика (kibernetika) — science of communication and control
• Latin: cybernetica — science of communication and control
• Latvian: kibernētika — science of communication and control
• Lithuanian: kibernetika — science of communication and control
• Macedonian: кибернетика (kibernetika) — science of communication and control
• Malay: sibernetik — science of communication and control
• Mongolian: кибернетик (kibernetik) — science of communication and control
• Mongolian: залуур зүй (zaluur züj) — science of communication and control
• Norwegian Bokmål: kybernetikk — science of communication and control
• Persian: سیبرنتیک (sâybernetik) — science of communication and control
• Polish: cybernetyka — science of communication and control
• Portuguese: cibernética — science of communication and control
• Romanian: cibernetică — science of communication and control
• Russian: киберне́тика (kibernɛ́tika) — science of communication and control
• Serbo-Croatian: кибернѐтика — science of communication and control
• Serbo-Croatian: kibernètika — science of communication and control
• Slovak: kybernetika — science of communication and control
• Slovene: kibernetika — science of communication and control
• Spanish: cibernética — science of communication and control
• Swedish: cybernetik — science of communication and control
• Swedish: kybernetik — science of communication and control
• Swedish: reglerteknik — science of communication and control
• Tajik: кибернетика (kibernetika) — science of communication and control
• Thai: ไซเบอร์เนติกส์ (sai-bə̂ə-nee-dtìks) — science of communication and control
• Turkmen: kibernetika — science of communication and control
• Ukrainian: кіберне́тика (kibernétyka) — science of communication and control
• Urdu: سائبرنیٹکس (sāibarneṭiks) — science of communication and control
• Uzbek: kibernetika — science of communication and control
• Vietnamese: điều khiển học — science of communication and control
• Azerbaijani: kibernetika — the art/study of controling
• Chinese Mandarin: 控制論 /控制论 (kòngzhìlùn) — the art/study of controling
• Dutch: stuurkunde — the art/study of controling
• Esperanto: kibernetiko — the art/study of controling
• Esperanto: cibernetiko — the art/study of controling
• Finnish: automaatiotutkimus — the art/study of controling
• French: cybernétique — the art/study of controling
• Georgian: კიბერნეტიკა (ḳiberneṭiḳa) — the art/study of controling
• Ido: cibernetiko — the art/study of controling
• Italian: cibernetica — the art/study of controling
• Polish: cybernetyka — the art/study of controling
• Portuguese: cibernética — the art/study of controling
• Russian: киберне́тика (kibernɛ́tika) — the art/study of controling
• Spanish: cibernética — the art/study of controling
• Swedish: reglerteknik — the art/study of controling
• Azerbaijani: kibernetika — technology related to computers
• Chinese Mandarin: 電腦技術 /电脑技术 (diànnǎo jìshù) — technology related to computers
• Dutch: cybertechnologie — technology related to computers
• Esperanto: kibernetiko — technology related to computers
• Esperanto: cibernetiko — technology related to computers
• Finnish: tietotekniikka — technology related to computers
• French: informatique — technology related to computers
• Georgian: კიბერნეტიკა (ḳiberneṭiḳa) — technology related to computers
• Ido: cibernetiko — technology related to computers
• Polish: cybernetyka — technology related to computers
• Portuguese: cibernética — technology related to computers
• Russian: киберне́тика (kibernɛ́tika) — technology related to computers
• Spanish: cibernética — technology related to computers
• Swedish: datateknik — technology related to computers
• Swedish: datavetenskap — technology related to computers
• Swedish: kybernetik — technology related to computers