WIMP


Meaning of WIMP in English

< operating system > Windows, Icons, Menus and Pointers (or maybe Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pull-down menu s).

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 , NeWS and RISC OS .

See menuitis , user-obsequious , window system .

(1995-05-02)

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