The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
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.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
WIMP
WIMP environment
Windows, Icons, Menus and Pointers
(or maybe Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pull-down menus).
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, RISC OS and Microsoft Windows.
See menuitis, user-obsequious, window system.
(2007-09-12)