Wimp

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wimp
       n 1: a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
            [syn: {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}]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  WIMP
       Window, Icon, Menu, Pointing device
       
       

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

  WIMP
       
           Windows, Icons, Menus and Pointers
          (or maybe Windows, Icons, Mouse, {Pull-down menu}s).
       
          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)