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wetware

/wet'weir/ (Probably from the novels of Rudy Rucker,
or maybe Stanislav Lem) The human nervous system, as opposed
to electronic computer hardware or software. "Wetware has
7 plus or minus 2 temporary registers." Also, human beings
(programmers, operators, administrators) attached to a
computer system, as opposed to the system's hardware or
software.

See liveware, meatware.

[True origin? Dates?]

[Jargon File]

(1996-08-19)

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wetware
/wet'weir/, n.

[prob.: from the novels of Rudy Rucker]


1. The human nervous system, as opposed to computer hardware or
software. "Wetware has 7 plus or minus 2 temporary registers."


2. Human beings (programmers, operators, administrators) attached to
a computer system, as opposed to the system's hardware or software.
See liveware, meatware.


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