"WIMP" meaning in English

See WIMP in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} WIMP
  1. (Internet software) Initialism of Windows, Internet Information Services, MySQL/MariaDB, and PHP/Perl/Python. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Windows, Internet Information Services, MySQL/MariaDB, and PHP/Perl/Python Categories (topical): Internet, Software
    Sense id: en-WIMP-en-name-X2qnJ-oN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 16 22 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 13 21 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 14 15 18 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software

Noun

Forms: WIMPs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} WIMP (countable and uncountable, plural WIMPs)
  1. (astronomy, physics) Acronym of weakly interacting massive particle. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: weakly interacting massive particle Categories (topical): Astronomy, Physics
    Sense id: en-WIMP-en-noun-7X2Nscvx Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (graphical user interface) Acronym of window, icon, menu, pointer (a graphical interface paradigm). Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: window (extra: a graphical interface paradigm), icon (extra: a graphical interface paradigm), menu (extra: a graphical interface paradigm), pointer (extra: a graphical interface paradigm) Categories (topical): Graphical user interface
  3. (graphical user interface, very rare) Acronym of window-icon-mouse program. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, rare, uncountable Alternative form of: window-icon-mouse program Categories (topical): Graphical user interface
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: WIMPzilla, superWIMP, post-WIMP

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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