liveware

/ (ˈlaɪvˌwɛə) /

noun

the programmers, systems analysts, operating staff, and other personnel working in a computer systemCompare hardware (def. 2), software

Nearby words

lives, lives of the poets, the, livestock, livestream, livetrap, liveware, liveyer, livia drusilla, livid, lividly, living

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Word Origin and History for liveware

liveware

"people," 1966, computer-programmer jargon, from live (adj.) + ending abstracted from software, etc.