Cyber article

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35765276

This article from The Voacabualrist is about how the word cyber is used and within this article there are a variety of opinions and theories expressed. The title implies that there are many ways and contexts in which the word cyber is used.

One of these views are that the Latin translation of the word 'kubertnetes' changes to 'cybernetes'. Kubernetika means skill in steering as was used by Plato, American mathematician Norbert Weiner (1940) believed that this word originated from 'cybernetics' which means control and communication theory. 

Another view/theory about the word cyber is that is has become associated with robots - for example cyber-men from Dr Who. This implies that the meaning of the word has changed dramatically over time. 

From ancient helmsman to robots, the word cyber has the modern meaning due to the term 'cyberspace' which is the virtual electronic word where we explore, play, learn and share information. A theorist of cyberspace Howard Rheingold believed that the word 'cyber' comes from William Gibson's science fiction writing especially Neuromancer novel 1984. 


From this article it is clear to see that the meaning of the word 'cyber' has changed throughout time from meaning skill in steering to meaning robots. It is common nowadays that the term 'cyber' is associated with bullying -  cyber-bulling which is a type of bulling which happens online through messaging, social media, this is a negative connotation which shows how the meanings of words have changed over and how it could have gone from positive to negative.