from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
twm
Tab Window Manager.
A {window manager} for the {X Window System}. Twm provides
{titlebars}, shaped windows, several forms of icon management,
user-defined macro functions, {click-to-type} and
pointer-driven {keyboard focus}, and user-specified key and
pointer button bindings. It can be extensively configured by
a startup file.
Twm was written by Tom LaStrange, {Solbourne Computer}; Jim
Fulton, MIT {X Consortium}; Steve Pitschke, {Stardent
Computer}; Keith Packard, MIT X Consortium; Dave Sternlicht,
MIT X Consortium; Dave Payne, {Apple Computer}.
An extended version, {vtwm}, provides a {virtual desktop}.
[Why "Tab"?]
(1995-02-14)