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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)