3 ms·
It is cyber in the sense of cybernetics ("the mathematical study of communication and control in the animal and the machine")
by lainga 8y ago
It is cyber in the sense of cybernetics ("the mathematical study of communication and control in the animal and the machine")
- kazinator 8y agoLet's see: https://www.etymonline.com/word/cybernetic#etymonline_v_36576 https://www.etymonline.com/word/cybernetic#etymonline_v_3657... "kybernetikos": Greek for "good at steering". Thus military attack involving an excellent steering maneuver is cyber attack.
- Udik 8y agoNot too sure about the -tikos thing and the "good at" part, google (and the Oxford dictionary) gives etymology from kubernetes, pilot. Cybernetics is then, I guess, the science of (automatic) control, so nothing to do with "steering".