wetware

Meanings

Noun

• The human brain or mind, often specifically as a computing element. Adapted as a biological parallel to hardware and software. It also used less commonly to refer to other organic or biological matter in the same context. In frequent use in the cyberpunk subgenre 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.