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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

WIMP
WIMP environment

   <operating system> 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}, {NeWS}, {RISC OS} and {Microsoft Windows}.

   See {menuitis}, {user-obsequious}, {window system}.

   (2007-09-12)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

WIMP
       Window, Icon, Menu, Pointing device

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