Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

wetware
     
         /wet'weir/ (Probably from the novels of Rudy Rucker,
        or maybe Stanislav Lem) The human nervous system, as opposed
        to electronic computer {hardware} or {software}.  "Wetware has
        7 plus or minus 2 temporary {register}s."  Also, human beings
        (programmers, operators, administrators) attached to a
        computer system, as opposed to the system's hardware or
        software.
     
        See {liveware}, {meatware}.
     
        [True origin?  Dates?]
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (1996-08-19)