wetware

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The human brain or mind, likened to a computer part. slang,uncountable
    — 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.
  2. The human brain or mind, likened to a computer part.; Organic or biological matter in general. slang,uncommon,uncountable
  3. 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. uncountable

词源

Etymology tree
English wet
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz
Proto-Germanic *-jaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ī
Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī)
Old English sōfte
Middle English softe
English soft
Proto-Germanic *warō
Proto-West Germanic *waru
Old English waru
Middle English ware
English -ware
English softwarebf.
English -ware
English wetware
From wet + -ware (suffix denoting a type of software).
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