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wetware

noun

humorous, slang, uncountable The human brain or mind, likened to a computer part. What is not understood is the power hunger that resides in what the psychiatrist Kenneth Colby calls the "wetware"— the human brain about which we know very little except that it is composed of about 75 percent water.
humorous, slang, uncommon, uncountable Organic or biological matter in general.
uncountable 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.

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@misc{wetware_2026,
  title = {wetware},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wetware},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}