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What (who) is wetware - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Wetware (disambiguation)
wetware
Surgically implanted hardware.
The pacemaker is my latest piece of wetware.
The pacemaker is my latest piece of wetware.
wetware
<jargon> /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)
wetware
¦ noun human brain cells viewed as counterparts of computer systems.
Wikipedia
Wetware
Wetware may refer to:
- Wetware, a 2000 album by The Cassandra Complex (band)
- Wetware (brain), a term drawn from the computer-related idea of hardware or software, but applied to biological life forms
- Wetware (biology), biological components
- Wetware (novel), a 1988 Rudy Rucker biopunk novel
- Wetware (film), 2018 Jay Craven film
- Wetware computer, a computer or computational system which is composed of organic material, such as neurons
- Grindhouse Wetware, an open source biotechnology startup company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Examples of use of wetware
1. The contemporary "use of this word seems to signal that the digital convergence has now crept into the human mind – which techies call ‘wetware.‘ " When people try to describe abstract concepts, Mills says, they are now thinking and expressing themselves with digital imagery.
2. So his Bain–trained analytic mind went searching for a plausible excuse and the first thing that popped out of the wetware was a numerical explanation: (a) minorities deserve cabinet positions in proportion to their population, (b) one cabinet position is 5% of all cabinet positions, (c) therefore only groups with at least 15 million members are ‘justified‘ in getting one, (d) Muslims aren‘t even close to that, so (e) no dice.