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wetware

wetware

2 9.3
People imagine the human brain and nerves as parts of a computer
  • noun
  • /ˈwɛtˌwɛr/
  • Jargon
translation icon : wetware
  • Part of the challenge is that because of this wetware, this body mind hasn't been initiated.
  • wetware and software

Part of the challenge is that because of this wetware, this body mind hasn't been initiated.

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Examples

  • How does consciousness relate to this mess of electrochemical wetware inside our skulls?

  • This unit contains the wetware neuronal components of ten thousand potential jurors.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • They're the basic unit of of the, the wetware that is our brain.

  • Which aspects of wetware hacking are likely to grow in prominence in the not-too-distant future?

    Blog text (15)

  • They therefore investigate whether these outputs can be produced only by wetware (the physical composition of the brain) or whether they can also be produced by computer hardware.

    Academic text (2005)

  • My general fields are advanced robotics and psychiatry, although, I specialize in hardware to wetware interfaces in an effort to advance USR's robotic anthropomorphization program.

    I, Robot (2004)

  • Similarly, in Wetware, Rucker's hero negotiates a mysterious "cybernetic world," where the former ontological divisions between human and machine, mind and body, have become irrevocably compromised.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Studies of neural structures have revealed vital differences between the wetware of the brain and the hardware found in our PCs and workstations.

  • How does consciousness relate to this mess of electrochemical wetware inside our skulls?

  • Technology is improving at a higher rate than humans—our wetware/body has fundamental limits compared to hardware/software.

Synonyms

liveware aspect
vswetware
  • Specialized
9.9

The people part of a tech system, how they use and interact with it

refers to the biological brain or nervous tissue itself rather than the system role

How Biological

wetware
  • Jargon
2 9.3
hardware
  • Specialized
206 2.7
firmware
  • Specialized
17 5.9
software
  • Specialized
942 2.5

Surface Forms

wetware singular
wetwares plural

Morphology

wetware = wet + ware (semi-transparent) = wet + ware

Formed by compounding 'wet' + 'ware' by analogy to 'hardware/software'; the metaphor is clear but it is specialized jargon referring to biological tissue used as computing substrate.

Etymology

Wetware comes from mixing wet (meaning 'living tissue') with computer words like hardware and software. So, wetware means the human brain or nervous system when we talk about them like computer parts.