What (who) is wetware - definition
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Wetware (disambiguation)
wetware
Surgically implanted hardware.
The pacemaker is my latest piece of wetware.
The pacemaker is my latest piece of wetware.
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)
wetware
¦ noun human brain cells viewed as counterparts of computer systems.
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Wetware
Wetware may refer to:
- Wetware, a 2000 album by The Cassandra Complex (band)
- Wetware (brain), a term drawn from the computer-related idea of hardware or software, but applied to biological life forms
- Wetware (biology), biological components
- Wetware (novel), a 1988 Rudy Rucker biopunk novel
- Wetware (film), 2018 Jay Craven film
- Wetware computer, a computer or computational system which is composed of organic material, such as neurons
- Grindhouse Wetware, an open source biotechnology startup company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pronunciation examples for wetware
1. wetware,
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2. by the wetware--
Man of Peace _ Robert Thurman _ Talks at Google
3. that our wetware has.
Machine, Platform, Crowd _ Erik Brynjolfsson & Andrew McAfee _ Talks at Google
4. straight into dedicated neural wetware that's
Superintelligence _ Nick Bostrom _ Talks at Google
5. as well as "The Wetware Tetralogy"
Hieroglyph _ Neal Stephenson & Friends _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of wetware
1. The contemporary "use of this word seems to signal that the digital convergence has now crept into the human mind – which techies call ‘wetware.‘ " When people try to describe abstract concepts, Mills says, they are now thinking and expressing themselves with digital imagery.
2. So his Bain–trained analytic mind went searching for a plausible excuse and the first thing that popped out of the wetware was a numerical explanation: (a) minorities deserve cabinet positions in proportion to their population, (b) one cabinet position is 5% of all cabinet positions, (c) therefore only groups with at least 15 million members are ‘justified‘ in getting one, (d) Muslims aren‘t even close to that, so (e) no dice.