noun
InformalThe human central nervous system considered as a computing device or part of a computing device.
Origin of wetware
On the model of hardware softwarewetware
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Noun
(uncountable)
- (slang) A human brain or mind as a computing element. Coined as a parallel to hardware and software. Common in the cyberspace genre of science fiction.
- The underlying generative code for an organism, as found in the genetic material, in the biochemistry of the cells, or in the architecture of the body's tissues.
Origin
wet +"Ž -ware
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