Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

memetics
     
         /me-met'iks/ The study of {memes}.
     
        As of mid-1993, this is still an extremely informal and
        speculative endeavor, though the first steps toward at least
        statistical rigor have been made by H. Keith Henson and
        others.  Memetics is a popular topic for speculation among
        hackers, who like to see themselves as the architects of the
        new information ecologies in which memes live and replicate.
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (2000-01-09)