Twm

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  twm
       
          Tab Window Manager.
       
          A {window manager} for the {X Window System}.  Twm provides
          {titlebar}s, 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)