Wimp - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Wimp :  (noun)
1: a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy [syn: 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]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Wimp : 

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 and RISC OS.

See menuitis, user-obsequious, window system.

(1995-05-02)



Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:

Wimp :  Window, Icon, Menu, Pointing device





Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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