In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
CYBERNETICS
cybernetics
(noun) (biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cybernetics (uncountable)
The theory/science of communication and control in the animal and the machine.
The art/study of governing, controlling automatic processes and communication.
Technology related to computers and Internet.
Source: Wiktionary
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19 November 2024
SALTWORT
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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