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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>wetware</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../W.html" title="W"/><link rel="previous" href="well-connected.html" title="well-connected"/><link rel="next" href="whack.html" title="whack"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">wetware</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="well-connected.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">W</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="whack.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="wetware"/><dt xmlns="" id="wetware"><b>wetware</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/wet´weir/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [prob.: from the novels of Rudy Rucker] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. The human nervous system, as opposed to computer hardware or
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registers.</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 2. Human beings (programmers, operators, administrators) attached to
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