Harold writes: << I havent heard the term applied to the internet, and I think it has somewhat fallen out of favor and been forgotten.

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Maybe not cybernetics, but the prefix cyber-, is what I was saying: << I know, or think I know, Norbert Wiener coined the word cybernetics and wrote a book about it. Beyond that, I know the prefix cyber- has often been used to mean computer- or Internet-related.

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E.g., < www.m-w.com > defines cyber- as follows: << : of, relating to, or involving computers or computer networks (as the Internet) <the cyber marketplace> --Dan _____________________________________________________________________ "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that certain je ne sais quoi." --Peter Schickele