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- Dictionaryliveware/ˈlʌɪvwɛː/
noun
- 1. working personnel, especially computer personnel, as distinct from the inanimate or abstract things they work with. informal
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Liveware was used in the computer industry as early as 1966 to refer to computer users, often in humorous contexts, by analogy with hardware and software. It is a slang term used to denote people using (attached to) computers, and is based on the need for a human, or liveware, to operate the system using hardware and software. Other words meaning the same or similar to liveware include wetware, me... Wikipedia