warmware
nounEtymology From warm + -ware.
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Humans, i.e. the users of technologies, as opposed to the hardware, software or firmware.
- I have moved to Silicon Valley to gain real-time, warmware access to heroes of a truly virtual community.1986, Bernard Mergen, Cultural dimensions of play, games, and sport:
- Warmware are the teachers, learners, and users of languages and technologies. We realize the advantages that computers bring...1987, Language monthly:
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- Where a simpler version would have served the application well, a new, more complex version is offered, requiring more warmware (customer support personnel)...2007, Marc A Annacchino, The pursuit of new product development: the business development process: