English Dictionary
◊ WIMPY
wimpy
adj : weak and ineffectual [syn: {wimpish}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN WIMP?
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)