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Style of human–computer interaction
In human–computer interaction, WIMP stands for "windows, icons, menus, pointer", denoting a style of interaction using these elements of the user interface
WIMP_(computing)
Topics referred to by the same term
WIMP (computing), the "window, icon, menu, pointer" paradigm WIMP (software bundle), the web stack of Windows, IIS, MySQL, and PHP/Perl/Python WiMP,
Wimp
User Interface systems
In computing, post-WIMP ("windows, icons, menus, pointer") comprises work on user interfaces, mostly graphical user interfaces, which attempt to go beyond
Post-WIMP
List of options or commands within a computer program
menu Federal Standard 1037C Hamburger button Pie menu Radio button WIMP (computing) Apple Human Interface Guidelines – Menus Jakob Nielsen. "Mega Drop-Down
Menu_(computing)
Programmable machine that processes data
of the analytical engine's computing unit (the mill) in 1888. He gave a successful demonstration of its use in computing tables in 1906. In his work
Computer
Ideogram used in computing
Resource (Windows) Semasiography The Noun Project Unicode symbols WIMP (computing) XPM "Definition of ICON". www.merriam-webster.com. 2026-02-19. Retrieved
Icon_(computing)
Visual area containing some kind of user interface
Display server Graphical user interface Human interface guidelines WIMP (computing) Window manager Reimer, Jeremy (2005). "A History of the GUI (Part
Window_(computing)
Hypothetical particles that may constitute dark matter
Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) are hypothetical particles that are one of the proposed candidates for dark matter. These particles would
Weakly interacting massive particle
Weakly_interacting_massive_particle
Framework or toolkit a program uses to display the graphical user interface
which can be watched and modified by their associated applications. WIMP (computing) Layout manager List of widget toolkits Past, Present and Future of
Widget_toolkit
Concept used on desktop computer graphical user interfaces
Operating system Skeuomorph Tiling window manager Virtual desktop WIMP (computing) "Desktop Metaphor". www.csdl.tamu.edu. Archived from the original
Desktop_metaphor
Computer intended for use by an individual person
Yugoslavia'ｓ Home-Brewed Microcomputer". IEEE Spectrum. 60 (8): 16–18. "Computing Japan". Computing Japan. 54–59: 18. 1999. Archived from the original on 17 January
Personal_computer
icons, text fields, canvases, menus, pointer (WIMP) paradigm, especially in personal computers. The WIMP style of interaction uses a virtual input device
Graphical_user_interface
Human interface device for computers
presentations as a pointing device Cursor (user interface) Input device WIMP (computing) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pointing device. Zhai, Shumin
Pointing_device
events in the history of computing from 1980 to 1989. For narratives explaining the overall developments, see the history of computing. "Sinclair ZX80 Launched"
Timeline of computing 1980–1989
Timeline_of_computing_1980–1989
Indicator showing where text would be input
right-to-left text would be inserted. In computing, a pointer or mouse pointer (as part of a personal computer WIMP style of interaction) is a symbol or graphical
Cursor_(user_interface)
This is a list of computing and IT acronyms, initialisms and abbreviations. 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References
List of computing and IT abbreviations
List_of_computing_and_IT_abbreviations
American computer scientist
Framework for Post-WIMP Interfaces". CHI '08: Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth Annual SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Florence
Robert_J._K._Jacob
Overview of and topical guide to human–computer interaction
Interface Elements of graphical user interfaces Pointer Widget (computing) icons WIMP (computing) Point and click Drag and drop Window managers WYSIWYG (what
Outline of human–computer interaction
Outline_of_human–computer_interaction
parapsychologist Bill Verplank, interface designer of the Xerox Star, the first WIMP (computing) GUI Leo Villareal, installation artist and Burning Man board member
Interval_Research_Corporation
Implementation of graphical user interface
wallpapers and desktop widgets (see Elements of graphical user interfaces and WIMP). A GUI might also provide drag and drop functionality and other features
Desktop_environment
1986 video game
control of Wimp Plasbot, who works in a tomato puree plant, and must rid the plant of the mutated killer tomatoes, referred to in the title. Wimp Plasbot
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1986 video game)
Attack_of_the_Killer_Tomatoes_(1986_video_game)
Software that manages separately different parts of display screens
screens. It is a type of graphical user interface (GUI) which implements the WIMP (windows, icons, menus, pointer) paradigm for a user interface. Each currently
Windowing_system
based on independent code, but with basic elements in common that define the WIMP "window, icon, menu and pointing device" paradigm. There have been important
History of the graphical user interface
History_of_the_graphical_user_interface
Mobile operating system
by device. The notebook computers had a windows, icons, menus, pointer (WIMP) graphical user interface (GUI). The handheld computers, which had smaller
EPOC_(operating_system)
Interface in computer science, human-computer interaction, and interaction design
associated with interfaces that use windows, icons, menus, and a pointing device (WIMP GUI) as these almost always incorporate direct manipulation to at least some
Direct_manipulation_interface
Set of software subsystems or components needed to create a complete platform
In computing, a solution stack, also called software stack and tech stack is a set of software subsystems or components needed to create a complete platform
Solution_stack
Method by which a user may do some action in a computer
more efficient interaction techniques for common computing tasks. This includes inventing new (post-WIMP) interaction techniques, possibly relying on methods
Interaction_technique
User interfaces describe ways in which virtual space of a computer's desktop is expanded
In computing, a virtual desktop is a term used with respect to user interfaces, usually within the WIMP paradigm, to describe ways in which the virtual
Virtual_desktop
Means by which a user interacts with and controls a machine
– Researchers at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (many from SRI) develop WIMP paradigm (Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointers) 1973 – Xerox Alto: commercial
User_interface
Topics referred to by the same term
semiconductor wafers and substrates, a warp parameter of the semiconductor wafer WIMP Argon Programme (WArP), a cold dark matter search experiment Warped geometry
Warp
(1984 November). The first decade of personal computing. Creative Computing, vol. 10, no. 11: p. 30. Compute! Magazine Issue 037. June 1983. Mitchell, Peter
History_of_personal_computers
Graphical user interface element
Atwood thought the new system made menus obsolete as a cornerstone of the WIMP interface when it was first revealed in 2005. Redmondmag.com reported that
Ribbon_(user_interface)
Business and engineering term
concepts File viewer List of graphical user interface elements Layout manager Look and feel Mouseover Scrolling Widget toolkit WIMP Zoomable user interface
Workspace
Graphical interface allowing for image scaling
arbitrary level of zoom. Researchers have described the ZUI paradigm as a Post-WIMP interface and potential successor to the traditional windowing GUI. The term
Zooming_user_interface
Sliding motion vertically or horizontally over display devices
windowing). This was especially common in 8 and 16bit video game consoles. In a WIMP-style graphical user interface (GUI), user-controlled scrolling is carried
Scrolling
Graphical user interface designed for televisions
in some way.[citation needed] Ten-foot interfaces may resemble other post-WIMP systems graphically, but do not assume the use of a touch screen. The goal
10-foot_user_interface
Type of user interface
description of this concept would be to describe it as a transition from WIMP to NUI. In the CLI, users had to learn an artificial means of input, the
Natural_user_interface
Acronym for a common web hosting solution
is known as WAMP. An alternative running IIS in place of Apache is called WIMP. Variants involving other operating systems include DAMP, which uses the
LAMP_(software_bundle)
Software engineer and development of the Capability Maturity Model
(1985, Eds.). Human Factors in Computing Systems–II. New York: North-Holland. Curtis, B. & Hefley, B. (1994). A WIMP no more: The maturing of user interface
Bill_Curtis
American computer scientist
two-handed virtual manipulation as an alternative interaction technique for the WIMP interface and investigates the role of passive haptic feedback in virtual
Ken_Hinckley
Class of key on a computer keyboard
after software based on commodity hardware and operating systems adopted the WIMP metaphor which provided drop-down menus etc. Some non-English language keyboards
Modifier_key
Operating environment created by Digital Research
graphical user interface of the Atari ST series of computers, providing a WIMP desktop. It was also available for IBM PC compatibles and shipped with some
GEM_(desktop_environment)
Challenges for Quantum Computing Theory". ScottAaronson.com. Retrieved 1 September 2023. Ball, Phillip (2021). "Major Quantum Computing Strategy Suffers Serious
List of unsolved problems in physics
List_of_unsolved_problems_in_physics
Personal computer
capabilities to respond to computing trends at the time. These models received generally favorable reviews from the computing press. However, with Acorn
Acorn_Archimedes
Ubuntu or Debian-based Linux distribution
powerful, and with its traditional windows, icons, menus, and pointers (WIMP) interface, it's simple to use." In 2024, Linux Mint 22 was released which
Linux_Mint
Spreadsheet editor by Microsoft
(2004). "§2.1.1 Revealing example: Computing the coefficient standard deviation". Numerical issues in statistical computing for the social scientist. Wiley-IEEE
Microsoft_Excel
or Buchla's own more flexible WIMP (Wideband Instrument Musical Protocol). Perhaps because of its uninspiring name, WIMP was never adopted. The CPU is
Buchla_Thunder
Pointing device used to control a computer
Origins of Personal Computing. Stanford: Stanford University Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-8047-3871-2. Ceruzzi, Paul E. (2012). Computing: A Concise History
Computer_mouse
Window manager with non-overlapping frames
In computing, a tiling window manager is a window manager with the organization of the screen often dependent on mathematical formulas to organise the
Tiling_window_manager
Music notation software
version initially ran at the command line, but was later converted to use the WIMP and outline fonts. Sibelius was released in 1993. Hazel later observed that
Philip's_Music_Writer
parts of the spreadsheet within the same screen. This is useful in lieu of a WIMP environment, as it saves the user the inconvenience of moving back and forth
ViewSheet
American document management corporation
important elements of personal computing, such as the desktop metaphor GUI, the computer mouse and desktop computing. The concepts were adopted by Apple
Xerox
American magician and comedian (born 1955)
would no longer be doing his radio show. He stated that he is a "show biz wimp" and decided to stop doing the show so he could spend more time with his
Penn_Jillette
Web browser designed for use on mobile devices
WML, i-mode HTML, or cHTML. To accommodate small screens, they use Post-WIMP interfaces. The first mobile browser for a PDA was PocketWeb for the Apple
Mobile_browser
British mathematician and computing pioneer (1906–1981)
Functions: With Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables (1965), p. xiii. Wimp, Jet (1984). Computation with recurrence relations. Pitman. p. 162. ISBN 978-0273085089
J._C._P._Miller
2005 Indian film by Shankar
the toughest, he reasoned, "Because as a hero you are not used to being a wimp on screen. It's difficult digesting getting beaten up." In contrast, being
Anniyan
third and final code name for the project was "LaW", short for "Lawyers are Wimps". Jazz musician Charles Bertini filed an application to register his trademark
Apple_litigation
American physicist and historian of science
Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing". MIT Case Studies in Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing. August 6, 2025. Retrieved September
David_Kaiser_(physicist)
Software that manages computer hardware resources
combination of the window, icon, menu, and pointer elements, also known as WIMP. For personal computers, including smartphones and tablet computers, and
Operating_system
Family of operating systems for IBM PC compatibles
software manufacturers wrote file management programs that provided users with WIMP interfaces. Microsoft Windows is a notable example, eventually resulting
DOS
held down during power-on or reset, the cartridge presented a graphical WIMP desktop. The graphical look of the desktop was borrowed from AmigaOS 1.x
The_Final_Cartridge_III
Family of text editors
more complex than a dumb terminal, including providing typical graphical WIMP elements on sufficiently featureful text terminals - though graphical frames
Emacs
Mathematical function
function Trigamma function Chebyshev expansions of the digamma function in Wimp, Jet (1961). "Polynomial approximations to integral transforms". Math. Comp
Digamma_function
Jobs was removed from the Lisa project. The first iteration of Apple's WIMP interface was a floppy disk where files could be spatially moved around.
History_of_Apple_Inc.
Particle with opposite charges
Z0 bosons, π0 mesons, and hypothetical gravitons and some hypothetical WIMPs all self-annihilate. However, electrically neutral particles need not be
Antiparticle
Chemical element with atomic number 54 (Xe)
detector of hypothetical weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs. When a WIMP collides with a xenon nucleus, theory predicts it will impart enough
Xenon
Object-oriented programming language
which the modern desktop paradigm of Windows, Icons, Menus, and Pointers (WIMP) was created. Although pointers had already been invented, Smalltalk was
Smalltalk
2016). "World War II fighter pilot Bob Cowper 'made Biggles look like a wimp'". ABC News. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August
List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name (C)
List_of_Légion_d'honneur_recipients_by_name_(C)
Hypothetical elementary particle
then be observable. Other cold dark matter theoretical candidates, such as WIMPs and MACHOs, could also form such rings, but because such candidates are
Axion
Particle physics laboratory in Canada
high-performance computing centres that are linked by grid computing tools so that they act as one huge system. This network is called the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid
TRIUMF
Symmetry between bosons and fermions
neutralino) which could serve as a weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter candidate. The existence of a supersymmetric dark matter candidate
Supersymmetry
Operating system element
In computing, the icon bar is the name of the dock in Acorn's RISC OS operating system, and is fundamental to the OS. Its introduction in 1987 (as part
Icon_bar
Decade of the Gregorian calendar (1980–1989)
for IBM PC compatibles. The 1984 release of the Macintosh popularized the WIMP style of interaction. The most prominent armed conflicts of the decade include:
1980s
Library in Atlanta, Georgia, US
from Plains (2007 documentary) Eradication of dracunculiasis "Mush from the Wimp" Family Rosalynn Carter (wife) Jack Carter (son) Amy Carter (daughter) Jason
Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
Jimmy_Carter_Library_and_Museum
American theoretical physicist (born 1952)
consists of weakly interacting massive particles (also referred to as "WIMPs"). In 2014, Steinhardt, Spergel and Jason Pollack have proposed that a small
Paul_Steinhardt
Table of integrals compiled by I. S. Gradshteyn and I. M. Ryzhik
2307/2153347. JSTOR 2153347. MSC:00A22,33-00,44-00,65-00. Retrieved 2016-03-03. Wimp, Jet (April 1997). "Tables of Integrals, Series and Products By I. S. Gradshteyn
Gradshteyn_and_Ryzhik
Canadian neutrino laboratory
detector, using 3600 kg of liquid argon. This experiment aims to detect WIMP-like dark matter particles through argon scintillation, producing small amounts
SNOLAB
1989 computer wargame
Siggins noted the complexity of the game and said it "is not a game for wimps." He liked the graphics, saying, "Harpoon looks superb in high resolution
Harpoon_(video_game)
Computer-simulated universes
supercomputer at CEA (France) and the SuperMUC supercomputer at the Leibniz Computing Centre (Germany). A total of 19 million CPU hours was required, using
Illustris_project
American experimental physicist
placed the most stringent constraints on weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) interactions at the time. Moore was subsequently a postdoctoral fellow at
David_C._Moore_(physicist)
PA-RISC 8600 processor PCX-W+ LAW — Power Macintosh 7100/66 ("Lawyers Are Wimps") Laughlin — Fedora Linux 14 LCA — (Low Cost Apple) Apple IIe LD50 — Macintosh
List of computer technology code names
List_of_computer_technology_code_names
swap-out one task, and bring in another between call-and-return from the Wimp_Poll call that applications were obliged to make to get messages under the
History_of_RISC_OS
command line interfaces and text-based shells; graphical GUI interfaces with WIMP paradigm; advanced graphics systems; PostScript; fonts; font design; audio
Amiga_software
Computer simulated universes
Leibniz-Rechenzentrum in Garching, Germany, the research team used the High-Performance Computing cluster at the University of Arizona. Two-thousand processors simultaneously
UniverseMachine
World Quality", Creative Computing, April 1980, Volume 6 Number 4 pg. 3F. Retrieved 2013-04-11. Back cover of Creative Computing, April 1980, Volume 6 Number
ALF_Products
British computer hardware company
November 2020. Moody, Glyn (February 1986). "Torch Triple X Wimps Meet Unix" (PDF). Practical Computing. pp. 54–56. Retrieved 10 September 2022. Torch Computers
Torch_Computers
Type of computer interface
Waterworth, John A. (1 February 1991). "Wimps and nerds". ACM SIGCHI Bulletin. 23 (2). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): 15–21. doi:10.1145/122488
Point-and-shoot_interface
(RQCHP), the High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory (HPCVL), SciNet, the Shared Hierarchical Academic Research Computing NETwork (SHARCNET) and the
Natural scientific research in Canada
Natural_scientific_research_in_Canada
Low-surface brightness Milky Way satellite dwarf galaxy in the constellation Eridanus
have been proposed, the main contenders may be divided into two groups: WIMPS (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) and MACHOs (MAssive Compact Halo
Eridanus_II
WIMP COMPUTING
WIMP COMPUTING
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; perhaps of French origin, a variant of Cambe, a nickname for someone with a limp or other peculiarity of the leg, from a southern French form of jambe ‘leg’.
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of German Beiss(e), a variant of Beitz 2.English
Americanized spelling of German Beiss(e), a variant of Beitz 2.English : perhaps a variant of Biss. Compare Beese, Bise, Buys, Byce.Hungarian : nickname for someone with a limp or a peculiar gait, from bice ‘limp’.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Boy/Male
Australian, British, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Teutonic
Will-helmet; Strong Helmet; Will Helmet; Protect
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for a professional tumbler or acrobat, or a nickname for a restless individual with plenty of energy, Middle English hoppere, an agent derivative of Old English hoppian ‘to hop’.German : nickname from an agent derivative of Middle High German, Middle Low German hoppen ‘to limp or stumble’.Dutch : occupational name for a hop grower or seller, from Middle Dutch hoppe ‘hop(s)’ + the agent suffix -er.
Male
German
Pet form of German Wilhelm, WIM means "will-helmet."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. The derogatory English word wimp, denoting a feeble person, is far too recent to be the source of a surname.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Girl/Female
Finnish, Indian
To Pour Water to God; Wisp
Boy/Male
Teutonic
Strong helmet.
Boy/Male
Latin
Has a limp; lame.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : reduced form of Widmer.German : occupational name from Middle High German wimmer ‘wine maker’.German : nickname from Middle High German wim(m)er ‘knotty growth on a tree trunk’.German : variant of Weimer 2.English : from the Old English personal name Winemǣr, a compound of wine ‘friend’ + mǣr ‘famous’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Wimpey.
WIMP COMPUTING
WIMP COMPUTING
Boy/Male
English
Blond.
Boy/Male
Australian, Jamaican
Friend; Friend's Settlement
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Oriya, Sanskrit, Telugu
An Ancient Philosopher
Girl/Female
Tamil
Angelia | அநà¯à®•à¯‡à®²à®¿à®¯à®¾Â
Messenger of God, Angel
Boy/Male
Hindu
Goddess Lakshmi
Girl/Female
Muslim
High, Eminent, Distinguished
Boy/Male
Tamil
Girl/Female
Greek American Biblical
Rose.
Male
Egyptian
, golden earth.
Boy/Male
Australian, Polish, Slavic
January; Devoted to Janus
WIMP COMPUTING
WIMP COMPUTING
WIMP COMPUTING
WIMP COMPUTING
WIMP COMPUTING
v. i.
To procure women for the gratification of others' lusts; to pander.
v. t.
To rumple.
n.
A whisk, or small broom.
n.
The common American eider.
n.
A Will-o'-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus.
imp. & p. p.
of Pimp
a.
Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat.
n.
A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance.
imp. & p. p.
of Imp
a.
Flaccid; flabby, as flesh.
imp. & p. p.
of Limp
n.
One who provides gratification for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander.
imp. & p. p.
of Wisp
v. t.
To brush or dress, an with a wisp.
a.
Neat; handsome; elegant. See Gimp.
n.
A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; -- used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc.
n.
A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
v. i.
To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively.
v. t.
To notch; to indent; to jag.
n.
A halt; the act of limping.