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WETWARE [2 records]

Record 1 2020-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
  • Nervous System
CONT

Wetware attempt to merge or closely associate software-based elements with physical biology.

CONT

Wetware is commonly associated with devices that interact or merge with biological material, such as thought-controlled devices, brain-harnessed super devices and biological engineering.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
  • Système nerveux

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Informatics
DEF

The brain as compared to the computer in its ability to perform mathematical and logical operations.

OBS

Voir brainware.

CONT

Nerd speak. Wetware : the gray matter between your ears.

OBS

meatware : humans

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Informatique
OBS

Opposé à matériel et à logiciel.

Spanish

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