The meaning has been broadened through popular use and, in so doing, it has become diluted by people either don’t apply it properly, or seek to draw parallels which get mistaken for genuine associations as time passes. What’s a popular culture of any given time? “I wince whenever I hear or read news about hackers” which invariably demonstrates a complete lack of insight into what was perpetrated.

My degree was in biomedical engineering and cybernetics. Which is exactly what cyberneretic means, the Greek ship operator exerting control over his surroundings, and that is the true meaning of the field. (kuberntiku00f3s), the Greek ship operator exerting control over the environment, and that is the true meaning of the field. The second variant of this term is found in the Greek literature of the land. It is about intelligent systems of control, nothing more, and the essence of this is a very simple concept: feedback. Like the Greek sailor, it is not enough to exert force to achieve will – the results of the exertion must be perceived, and compared with the desired outcome. If the sailor finds he is veering to the right due to winds or currents, he must apply change using the rudder in order to maintain his course. Thus his actions in this instant are predicated on the results of his actions in the preceding instant(s); what is happening influences what will happen next.

This is the only use of technology for a climate control in building. Once the thermostat has been set, the system has been given its desired outcome: say 26 degrees Centigrade. If a room wants to be heated at a temperature so high that it breaks out from the air conditioning system then it will stop the aircon and air conditioning pump because of its excessive noise. If a room is too hot, the heating is engaged in the same way. Any system which incorporates feedback is said to be cyber-netic, but it is generally applied to systems constructed by humans.

Why the term cyber has been applied to mean everything, and not just the internet itself, is not because of the internet itself, but because of the properties of this system. I could say something to my friend and he is standing next to me, or I can write my message onto a piece of paper & show it to him. The outcome is the same (leaving out the lack of body language/intonation which is a subject for another discussion).. The outcome remains the same if I type it on an electronic device, and show him the screen (in the case of a phone)? It still remains the same if I type it on an electronic device and it appears on the screen of his electronic device – but now, the properties of the conversation have altered. I am a human and therefore am not as close to him as he is. So I can keep my messages going to him and I don’t need to give it as we are communicating. Same is in my message. I would be better off having my message in my bag. Why our communication has been decoupled in both space (we are telecommunicating, from the Greek meaning far, far away) and time (we are communicating asynchronously, from the Greek (sn, “with”) + (khru00f3nos, “time”), negated with a ).

Is it not to be confused with cybernetics? If we ignore all of the cybernetic systems that facilitate the actual Internet, in fact, as the part of the infrastructure, then it becomes clear that use of Internet as a medium does not constitute a cybernetic system in itself. Why can’t they see my message in front of someone or see me posting it on Facebook? The internet simply becomes a tool, a mechanism used to perform this action remotely and asynchronously; the fact that it utilises cybernetic principles does not make any system that involves it inherently cybernetic per se. If I follow a lane and hurl abuse at someone on our sidewalk then I am bullied. Is that an act of bullying? I did that using an unusual medium does not change the outcome, and words like “cyberbullying” are part of the reason why our legal system has been so insufficient and outmoded in tackling all of the issues that are arising from an internet-enabled world, such as online abuse or so-called piracy.

What do cyberspace, cybercafe, cyberterrorism mean the same as the real world counterparts, taking place by leveraging (usually internet) technology which is not hard to interpret? The conflation of this medium with the basic action itself is not alter the meaning of the word. In this context, cyber, by itself, has no inherent meaning, in the same way as “app” is short for “app”and nothing more.