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Borg is the name of the backend service that runs a lot of Google software - https://research.google.com/pubs/pub43438.html?hl=es#:~:text....

That's the nod-and-wink joke about the name Kubernetes. While it's a "controller" (hence the name) its design was inspired by borg.

... Kubernetes, or "kube" for short. ;)

Can you also explain the "rnetes" part? And why is it spelled with a K?

> Kubernetes (κυβερνήτης, Greek for "helmsman" or "pilot" or "governor", and the etymological root of cybernetics)

(The Borg have cybernetic enhancements, I’m guessing that’s the link)

Also the Borg ships were called cubes (they were huge cubes)

Kubernetes is a Greek word meaning helmsman.