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for WIMP
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
wimp
n 1: a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-
washy [syn: wimp, chicken, crybaby]
2: a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that
interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation;
postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the
universe [syn: weakly interacting massive particle, WIMP]
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) :
WIMP
Window, Icon, Menu, Pointing device
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) :
WIMP
WIMP environment
Windows, Icons, Menus and Pointers
(or maybe Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pull-down menus).
The style of graphical user interface invented at Xerox
PARC, popularised by the Apple Macintosh and now available
in other varieties such as the X Window System,
OSF/{Motif">OSF/{Motif, NeWS, RISC OS and Microsoft Windows.
See menuitis, user-obsequious, window system.
(2007-09-12)
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