wimp environment

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wimp environment - 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 environment - 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.