Wetware

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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}.


  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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 {register}s."  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)