Today, cyber means war. But back in the 1990s, it meant sex - at
least, the kind of sex you can have in a chat room. Why did the word
change, and where did it originally come from?
It all started with "cybernetics," an obscure term popularized by a
mathematician named Norbert Weiner in the 1940s. For his
groundbreaking book Cybernetics, Weiner borrowed the ancient Greek
word "cyber," which is related to the idea of government or
governing. Indeed, the only time the word cybernetics had appeared
before was in a few works of political theory about the science of
governance.
In his writing, Weiner described what was at the time a pretty
futuristic idea - that one day there would be a computer system that
ran on feedback. Essentially, it would be a self-governing system.
And for a long time, cybernetics remained the purview of information
theorists like Weiner, and early computer programmers.
via [1]The Bizarre Evolution of the Word "Cyber".
This is the article I wanted to write.
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My original entry is here: [2]The Bizarre Evolution of the Word
"Cyber". It posted Wed, 25 Sep 2013 16:40:41 +0000.
Filed under: cyber, InfoSec,
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http://io9.com/today-cyber-means-war-but-back-in-the-1990s-it-mean-1325671487
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https://www.prjorgensen.com/2013/09/25/the-bizarre-evolution-of-the-word-cyber/
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