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)