wimp

3 definitions found

wimp - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]

wimp - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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 and RISC OS.
  
     See menuitis, user-obsequious, window system.
  
     (1995-05-02)
  

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

  WIMP
         Window, Icon, Menu, Pointing device