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The Word of the Day for May 31 is:

wetware   \WET-wair\   noun 
     : the human brain or a human being considered especially with respect to 
human logical and computational capabilities

Example sentence:
     With the right wetware at the helm, the company should be able to turn a 
sizeable profit.

Did you know?
     When the computer terms "software" and "hardware" sprang to life in the 
mid-20th century, a surge of visions and inventions using the new technology 
immediately followed... along with a revival of the combining form "ware." An 
early coinage was "wetware," which began circuiting techie circles in the 1970s 
as a name for the software installed by Mother Nature (a.k.a. the brain). Other 
"ware" names for people and their noggins have made a blip in our language -- 
for example, "meatware" and "liveware" -- but none have become firmly 
established in the general lexicon like "wetware."






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