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- wet|ware [ `wet,wer ] noun uncount INFORMALused for referring to the people who work with computers, as opposed to computer software or HARDWARE
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
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Wetware — may refer to: Wetware (brain), brain Wetware (biology), biological tools and parts Wetware (novel), a 1988 Rudy Rucker biopunk novel Wetware (album), a 2000 album by The Cassandra Complex (band) This disambiguation page lists articles associated… … Wikipedia
wetware — [“wetwer] n. the human brain. (Compared to computer hardware and software.) □ This isn’t a hardware problem; it’s a wetware problem. □ You need to update your wetware … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
wetware — Surgically implanted hardware. The pacemaker is my latest piece of wetware … Dictionary of american slang
wetware — Surgically implanted hardware. The pacemaker is my latest piece of wetware … Dictionary of american slang
Wetware hacker — A wetware hacker is one who experiments with biological materials to advance knowledge, and does so in a spirit of creative improvisation.The word wetware refers to biological materials, by analogy to the words hardware, software, and firmware.… … Wikipedia
Wetware (novel) — infobox Book | name = Wetware title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of first edition (paperback) author = Rudy Rucker illustrator = cover artist = Joe Devito country = United States language = English series = Ware Tetralogy genre =… … Wikipedia
Wetware computer — A wetware computer is an organic computer (also known as an artificial organic brain or a neurocomputer) built from living neurons. Professor Bill Ditto, at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is the primary researcher driving the creation of… … Wikipedia
wetware — noun Etymology: wet + software Date: 1975 the human brain or a human being considered especially with respect to human logical and computational capabilities … New Collegiate Dictionary
wetware — noun a) A human brain or mind as a computing element. Coined as a parallel to hardware and software. Common in the cyberspace genre of science fiction. b) The underlying generative … Wiktionary
wetware — ● ►en n. m. ►WARE logiciel humide, c est à dire le logiciel humain, donc grosso modo, les cerveaux qui codent … Dictionnaire d'informatique francophone
