WIMP

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Noun

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WIMP (countable and uncountable, plural WIMPs)

  1. (astronomy, physics) Acronym of weakly interacting massive particle.
    Coordinate terms: MACHO, RAMBO, SIMP
  2. (graphical user interface) Acronym of window, icon, menu, pointer (a graphical interface paradigm).
  3. (graphical user interface, very rare) Acronym of window-icon-mouse program.

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Proper noun

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WIMP

  1. (Internet software) Initialism of Windows, Internet Information Services, MySQL/MariaDB, and PHP/Perl/Python.
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