May 15, 2003

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.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:23 AM

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