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Liveware /li:v'weir/ N. 1. Synonym For Wetware. Less Common.
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liveware /li:v'weir/ n.
1. Synonym for wetware.
Less common. 2. [Cambridge] Vermin. "Waiter, there's some
liveware in my salad..."
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liveware: /li:v'weir/ n. 1. Synonym for {wetware}. Less common.
2. [Cambridge] Vermin. "Waiter, there's some liveware in my salad....
meatware n. Synonym for wetware. Less common.
wetware /wet'weir/ n. [prob. from the novels of Rudy Rucker] 1.
The human nervous system, as opposed to computer hardware or software....
meatware: n. Synonym for {wetware}. Less common. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
wetware: /wet'weir/ [prob. from the novels of Rudy Rucker] n.
1. The human nervous system, as opposed to computer hardware or software....
ware: [from `software'] suff. Commonly used to form jargon terms for classes of software.
For examples, see {careware}, {crippleware}, {crudware}, {freeware}, {fritterware}, {guiltware}, {liveware}, {meatware}, {payware}, {psychedelicware}, {shareware}, {shelfware}, {vaporware}, {wetware}....
bomb 1. v. General synonym for crash (sense 1) except that it is not used as a nou
esp. used of software or OS failures. "Don't run Empire with less than 32K stack, it'll bomb....
bomb: 1. v. General synonym for {crash} (sense 1) except that it is not used as a nou
esp. used of software or OS failures. "Don't run Empire with less than 32K stack, it'll bomb....
hat the notions of "hardware", and "software" should be extended by the notion of LIVEWARE - being that which produces software for use on hardware.
This produces an obvious extension to the concept of MONITORS....