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gooware

gooware noun: an unconventional computer based on a semi-solid chemical "soup" where data are represented by varying concentrations of chemicals. The computations are performed by naturally occurring chemical reactions.

Noun

gooware (uncountable)

  1. An unconventional computer based on a semi-solid chemical "soup" where data are represented by varying concentrations of chemicals. The computations are performed by naturally occurring chemical reactions.
    • He wants to use his gooware to create a hugely powerful parallel processor: a liquid robot brain in which metal and wire are replaced by a blob of jelly.2005 March 6, Graham-Rowe, Duncan, “Glooper computer”, in New Scientist, volume 185, number 2492
    • We pinpoint all essential ingredients of intelligence found in spatio-temporal dynamics of nonlinear chemical systems, and show outlines of future designs and protypes of chemical intelligent "gooware".2006, Andrew Adamatzky, “Reaction-Diffusion Reactive Wetware”, in Tamio Arai, editor, Intelligent Autonomous Systems 9, IOS Press, page 3

Origin of gooware

From goo + -ware.

Questions about gooware

What does gooware mean?
Gooware means an unconventional computer based on a semi-solid chemical "soup" where data are represented by varying concentrations of chemicals. The computations are performed by naturally occurring chemical reactions.
What part of speech is gooware?
Gooware is a noun.

Words near gooware in the dictionary

  1. goot
  2. gootchie-gootchie-goo
  3. Gootee
  4. Gootees
  5. Gootnick
  6. gooware
  7. goozer
  8. Goozerat
  9. goozered
  10. goozering
  11. goozers

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