WIMP environment

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

WIMP environment
 n.

   [acronym: `Window, Icon, Menu, Pointing device (or Pull-down menu)'] A
   graphical-user-interface environment such as {X} or the Macintosh
   interface, esp. as described by a hacker who prefers command-line
   interfaces for their superior flexibility and extensibility. However,
   it is also used without negative connotations; one must pay attention
   to voice tone and other signals to interpret correctly. See
   {menuitis}, {user-obsequious}.

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)

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