WIMP environment

	This is the JargonFile ^(V4.00) entry for WIMP environment - Next: win, Prev: wiggles
:WIMP environment: /n./ [acronym: Window, Icon, Menu, Pointing device (or Pull-down menu)] A graphical-user-interface environment such as X or the Macintosh interface, esp. as described by a hacker who prefers command-line interfaces for their superior flexibility and extensibility. However, it is also used without negative connotations; one must pay attention to voice tone and other signals to interpret correctly. See menuitis, user-obsequious.
* (text is auto-included via JargonExtension by mutante using jargon with VERSION 4.0.0, 24 JUL 1996* - JargonFile by Eric S. Raymond is in the public domain)*