Difference between revisions of "Cybernetics"
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Cybernetics is the study of control and communication in physical, biological and social systems. | Cybernetics is the study of control and communication in physical, biological and social systems. | ||
| − | Cybernetics covers any and all systems that use feedback. It is thus closely related to the study of electronic networks, computer science, robotics, artificial intelligence and cognitive science. These relationships explain the contemporary tendency to associate cybernetics with information technology in general, and the [[Internet]] in particular. | + | Cybernetics covers any and all systems that use feedback. It is thus closely related to the study of electronic networks, computer science, robotics, artificial intelligence and cognitive science. These relationships explain the contemporary tendency to associate cybernetics with information technology in general, and with the [[Internet]] in particular. |
==Origin of the term Cybernetics== | ==Origin of the term Cybernetics== | ||
