awt

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

Abstract Window Toolkit
Abstract Windowing Toolkit
AWT

   <graphics> (AWT) {Java}'s {platform}-independent {windowing},
   graphics, and user-interface {toolkit}.  The AWT is part of
   the {Java Foundation Classes} (JFC) - the standard {API} for
   providing a {graphical user interface} (GUI) for a Java
   program.

   Compare: {SWING}.

   ["Java in a Nutshell", O'Reilly].

   (http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/awt/).

   (2000-07-26)