Cybernetics (Noun)
Meaning
(biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems).
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The field of cybernetics explores the similarities between the nervous systems of living organisms and the control systems of machines.
- The study of cybernetics has led to a greater understanding of how biological systems process and respond to information.
- In the 1940s, Norbert Wiener founded the field of cybernetics, which seeks to understand the common principles underlying communication and control in living and artificial systems.
- Researchers in the field of cybernetics are working to develop new prosthetic limbs that can be controlled by the user's thoughts.
- The principles of cybernetics have been applied to the study of complex biological systems, such as the regulation of body temperature and the control of movement.