wetware

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This is the JargonFile (V4.00) entry for wetware - Next: whack, Prev: well-connected
:wetware: /wetweir/ /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 systems hardware or software. See liveware, meatware.
* (text is auto-included via JargonExtension by mutante using jargon with VERSION 4.0.0, 24 JUL 1996 - JargonFile by Eric S. Raymond is in the public domain)


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