wetware
Your neural hardware
Wetware is the human brain and nervous system, by analogy to computer hardware and software.
The term emphasizes biological tissue as an information-processing system: The problem isn't the code—it's the wetware.
Often used humorously or self-deprecatingly to blame human error: My wetware crashed after the third hour of the meeting.
Human computer users
- programmerOne who writes software
- userOne who operates something
- operatorOne who works machinery
State of sentient awareness
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- mindSeat of consciousness
- thoughtMental concept or reflection
- intellectMental reasoning capacity
perception · awareness · sentience · reasoning · intelligence · imagination · creativity · understanding
Computing with living matter
- neuromorphicMimicking neural structure
- lab-grownCreated artificially, not naturally
- organoidsLab-cultured tissue structures
- bioprintingDepositing living cells mechanically
Soft body matter
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- bloodBody's oxygen carrier
- cellsBasic biological units
- proteinFolded amino chain
carbon-based · bodily · corporeal · embodied · mortal · perishable · meat · squishy
Organic-mechanical hybrid entity
- transhumanismTech-augmented evolution philosophy
- neuroprostheticsNerve-interfacing medical technology
- biohackingSelf-directed biological enhancement
- posthumanismPhilosophy questioning anthropocentric boundaries
Impulse-conducting cell
- synapseNerve signal crossing point
- axonNeuron's signal-sending projection
- dendriteNeuron's input branch
- neurotransmitterSynaptic chemical messenger
cortex · hippocampus · amygdala · cerebellum · glia · myelin · neuroplasticity · neurogenesis
liveware
Human computer users
- programmerOne who writes software
- userOne who operates something
- operatorOne who works machinery
consciousness
State of sentient awareness
intellect · perception · awareness · sentience · reasoning · intelligence · imagination · creativity · understanding · memory
biocomputing
Computing with living matter
- neuromorphicMimicking neural structure
- lab-grownCreated artificially, not naturally
- organoidsLab-cultured tissue structures
flesh
Soft body matter
protein · carbon-based · bodily · corporeal · embodied · mortal · perishable · meat · squishy · warm-blooded
cyborg
Organic-mechanical hybrid entity
- transhumanismTech-augmented evolution philosophy
- neuroprostheticsNerve-interfacing medical technology
- biohackingSelf-directed biological enhancement
neuron
Impulse-conducting cell
- synapseNerve signal crossing point
- axonNeuron's signal-sending projection
- dendriteNeuron's input branch
neurotransmitter · cortex · hippocampus · amygdala · cerebellum · glia · myelin · neuroplasticity · neurogenesis · brainwave
- cyberpunkcyberspace, chrome, cyberware, implant, augmentation
- biocomputingbiochips
- Biohackingbiofeedback, biosensor, body modification, cognitive enhancement, grinder
- Computing Modelsanalog computing, digital computing, quantum computing, parallel computing, cloud computing
- neural computingneural network, perceptron, deep learning, backpropagation, brain chip
wetwarehardware
Metal goods and fittings
silicon · silicon chips · computer hardware · circuitry · microprocessors
wetwareartificial intelligence
Machines mimicking human thought
machine intelligence · robots · androids · automatons · mechanical systems
wetwarehardware
Metal goods and fittings
machinery · electronics · mechanical systems · robotics · cybernetics