cybernetics
noun, plural in form but singular in constructionDefinition of cybernetics
: the science of communication and control theory that is concerned especially with the comparative study of automatic control systems (such as the nervous system and brain and mechanical-electrical communication systems)
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The first known use of cybernetics was in 1948
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