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| | Ghost in the Machine, Hardware and Software, Idaho Again, Hell Bent, A Bad Word, and Crying Uncle. |
 | | Ghost in the Machine, Hardware and Software, Idaho Again, Hell Bent, A Bad Word, and Crying Uncle. |
 | | It is possible that Nabokov used the term "the ghost in the machine" in his critical essays, but he didn't invent it. |
 | | The linguistic success of "hardware" and "software" have led to other terms based on the "ware" model, such as "firmware" (software permanently installed in a computer's read-only memory, or ROM), and "wetware," a remarkably unpleasant slang term for the human brain. |
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