Meatware??
Dec 13th 2009 15:23
Please take a look at the following sentence.
All the software and hardware is one thing, but it's the "meatware" that counts.
This sentence is in a dialogue in my textbook in order to introduce the usage of "A is one thing, but it's B that counts."
I understand it, but what is "meatware"?
According to the textbook, it means "human relationships."
However, this word isn't in a dictionary. So I checked it on the Internet. One site explains:
The human element in a technological system. The hardware is the system, software runs on the system, the meatware is the user of the system.
Hmm... Do you often use it? I'd appreciate it if you give me example sentences with the word.
And... I wonder if "meat" of this ward indicates human flesh.
All the software and hardware is one thing, but it's the "meatware" that counts.
This sentence is in a dialogue in my textbook in order to introduce the usage of "A is one thing, but it's B that counts."
I understand it, but what is "meatware"?
According to the textbook, it means "human relationships."
However, this word isn't in a dictionary. So I checked it on the Internet. One site explains:
The human element in a technological system. The hardware is the system, software runs on the system, the meatware is the user of the system.
Hmm... Do you often use it? I'd appreciate it if you give me example sentences with the word.
And... I wonder if "meat" of this ward indicates human flesh.
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I wonder if "meat" of in this word indicates human flesh.
Perhaps I will use it at work this week and see if anyone else knows of it. ＝）
I wonder if "meat" of in this word indicates human flesh.
You're correct in your thinking though, the "meat" refers to human flesh. Sometimes in comics or cartoons, you will see or hear aliens or monsters refer to humans as "meatbags."
It is also commonly said by robots as a joke in cartoons, because robots have no flesh, haha.
Software is programs on the computer
Hardware is the physical components
Firmware is the software that controls how the components work
Meatware is the thing that's breaks the software/ hardware/ firmware! ahaha!
Just joking of course! :-P
It's not a common terms, so I wouldn't pay much attention to it!
I'm not a computer whiz but I do work
with robots and computerized automated
equipment. Maybe you've just found the
next "buzzword".
You are a web developer. Please try using it at work to see if anyone know it. (^.^)
Thank you for your corrections and comment!
> Fujitafunk,
"Meatbags"!? It's interesting.
Thank you for your corrections and comment!
> aspenx,
"Heartware" is also a new word for me. It sounds much better than meatware.
Thank you for your comment!
> mixmasterJ,
Yeah, I think so too.
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> Snoogie96,
Yes, it feels strange.
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> ｼﾞｬｽ,
Ahaha! You might be right! People often break computers.
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> EroOyaji,
Textbooks often use words that are not used. :-(
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> cuavsfan,
It seems that nobody heard it...
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> 王っさん,
Oh!! You are the first person here who have seen it.
Thank you for your comment!
"Meatware" is computer programmer jargon for the brain, as opposed to hardware. It's sometimes used jokingly, or metaphorically, it's not a serious technical term. It's not really used by anybody else, except science fiction writers (for instance, when they talk about connecting computers directly with your brain, where the "hardware" is connected to the "meatware").
It's extraordinarily strange to have such a word in an English textbook, though.
It's a computer programmer jargon. I see. Yes, it's strange that the word is used in the textbook.
Thank you for your comment!