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English Dictionary: WIMP by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wimp
n
  1. a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy- washy
    Synonym(s): 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
    Synonym(s): weakly interacting massive particle, WIMP
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [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)
  
  
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