cybernetics: Meaning and Definition of

cy•ber•net•ics

Pronunciation: (sī"bur-net'iks), [key]
— n. (used with a sing. v.)
  1. the study of human control functions and of mechanical and electronic systems designed to replace them, involving the application of statistical mechanics to communication engineering.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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