cybernation
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Blend of cybernetic + automation
Noun edit
cybernation (uncountable)
- The control of an industrial operation or task through processing of information with a computer.
- 1964, Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media, Routledge, published 2008, page 269:
- And the mechanization of a task is done by segmentation of each part of an action in a series of uniform, repeatable, and moveable parts. The exact opposite characterizes cybernation (or automation), which has been described as a way of thinking, as much as a way of doing. Instead of being concerned with separate machines, cybernation looks at the production problem as an integrated system of information handling.
References edit
- “cybernation”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
cybernation (plural cybernations)
- A large online community that operates like a nation, or state.
- 2002, India Today, volume 27, page 75:
- Some cybernations also sell licences for setting up banks, corporations and raising debt bonds. Kingdom of Kerguelon offers bank, corporates and church charters for up to $50,000.