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  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  cybernetics 
  n  :  the  field  of  science  concerned  with  processes  of 
  communication  and  control  (especially  the  comparison  of 
  these  processes  in  biological  and  artificial  systems) 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  cybernetics 
 
    The  comparative  study  of  the  internal  workings  of 
  organic  and  machine  processes  in  order  to  understand  their 
  similarities  and  differences.  Cybernetics  often  refers  to 
  machines  that  imitate  human  behaviour. 
 
  See  {artificial  intelligence},  {robot}. 
 
  (1994-11-24) 
 
 

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