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swyxyesterday at 11:21 PM2 repliesview on HN

you make fun of it but i kind of like that the security community has just embraced this kinda old school hokey term. its a short hand. leave them be.


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cshimminyesterday at 11:30 PM

Incidentally, I recently learned the origin of the term. Cyber - short for cybernetic - is from the greek κυβερνήτης (kybernetes), meaning helmsman. The original use of cybernetics is in the context of automated control systems, so steering a rudder was a good analogy. It is also the origin for the name k8s.

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