wetware
English
noun
Definitions
- (slang) The human brain or mind, often specifically as a computing element. Adapted as a biological 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.
Etymology
Suffix from English wet.
Origin
English
wet
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewet English
- dewet English
- neverwet English
- overwet English
- prewet English
- rewet English
- semiwet English
- unwet English
- wet English
- wetbird English
- wetfast English
- wethead English
- wetland English
- wetlook English
- wetly English
- wetness English
- wetproof English
- wetscape English
- wetside English
- wetsuit English
- wettability English
- wettable English
- wetten English
- wetter English
- wetteth English
- wettie English
- wettish English
- wetwood English
- wetwork English
- wet Middle English
- wet Tok Pisin
- wet Bislama