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== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> == * '''Cybernetics''' β The science of communication and automatic control systems in both machines and living things. * '''Feedback''' β The return of information about a system's output to its input, used to control the system. * '''Negative Feedback''' β Information that tells the system to "Reverse" its current direction to stay in balance (e.g., sweating to cool down). * '''Positive Feedback''' β Information that tells the system to "Amplify" its current direction (e.g., a stampede). * '''Circular Causality''' β The idea that A causes B, and B causes A (The Feedback Loop). * '''Entropy''' β The tendency of a system to become disordered; cybernetics uses information to fight entropy. * '''Information Theory''' β The mathematical study of the coding of information (Developed by Claude Shannon). * '''Homeostasis''' β The process by which a system maintains a stable internal state (Developed by Walter Cannon). * '''Black Box''' β A system viewed solely in terms of its input and output, without knowing its internal workings. * '''Automation''' β The use of control systems to operate equipment with minimal human intervention. * '''Second-Order Cybernetics''' β The study of how the "Observer" is also part of the system being studied. * '''Norbert Wiener''' β The "Father of Cybernetics" who defined the field in his 1948 book. </div> <div style="background-color: #006400; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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