Wimp, WIMP, or Wimps may refer to:
Science and technology
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Weakly interacting massive particle
Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) are hypothetical particles that are one of the proposed candidates for dark matter.
There exists no formal definition of a WIMP, but broadly, it is an elementary particle which interacts via gravity an ...
, a hypothetical particle of dark matter
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WIMP (computing)
In human–computer interaction, WIMP stands for "window (computing), windows, icon (computing), icons, menu (computing), menus, Pointer (user interface), pointer", denoting a style of interaction using List of graphical user interface elements, ...
, the "window, icon, menu, pointer" paradigm
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WIMP (software bundle)
The acronym WIMP is a solution stack of software, partially free and open source software, used to run dynamic web sites on servers. The expansion is as follows:
* Windows, referring to the operating system;
* IIS, the web server;
* MySQL, MS ...
, the web stack of Windows, IIS, MySQL, and PHP/Perl/Python
Arts and entertainment
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WiMP
WiMP is a music streaming service available on mobile devices, tablets, network players and computers. WiMP, standing for "Wireless Music Player," was a music streaming service that emphasized high-quality audio. WiMP offered music and podcast ...
, a defunct music streaming service
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WURH-CD (former call signs WIMP-LP, WIMP-CA, and WIMP-CD), a television station licensed to serve Miami, Florida, US
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Wimps (band)
Wimps is a punk rock band from Seattle, Washington
Seattle ( ) is the List of municipalities in Washington, most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With ...
, a US punk rock band
* Wimp, played by Rick Lawless, a character on the TV sitcom ''
Herman's Head
''Herman's Head'' is an American sitcom that aired on the Fox network from September 8, 1991, until April 21, 1994. The series was created by Andy Guerdat and Steve Kreinberg, and produced by Witt/Thomas Productions in association with Touchst ...
''
People
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Wimp Sanderson
Winfrey "Wimp" Sanderson (born August 8, 1937) is an American former college basketball coach. He coached at the University of Alabama from 1980 to 1992 followed by stint at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock from 1994 to 1999.
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(born 1937), retired basketball coach known as "Wimp"
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Kay Davis or Katherine McDonald Wimp (1920–2012), jazz singer
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Mary Baumgartner
Mary Baumgartner (September 13, 1930 – June 2, 2018) was an American professional baseball player who played as a catcher from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right-handed.
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, also known as "Wimp" (1930–2018), former female baseball catcher
*derogatory term for a
coward
Cowardice is a characteristic wherein excessive fear prevents an individual from taking a risk or facing danger. It is the opposite of courage. As a label, "cowardice" indicates a failure of character in the face of a challenge. One who succumb ...
See also
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Farkle
Farkle, or Farkel, is a family List of dice games, dice game with varying rules. Alternate names and similar games include Dix Mille, Ten Thousand, Cosmic Wimpout, Chicago, Greed, Hot Dice, Volle Lotte, Squelch, Zilch, and Zonk. A version has bee ...
(Wimp Out), a dice game that has also been called or is similar to 1000/5000/10000, Cosmic Wimpout, Greed, Hot Dice, Squelch, Zilch, or Zonk
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The Diary of Horace Wimp", a track on the Electric Light Orchestra album ''Discovery''
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WIMP Argon Programme
The WIMP Argon Programme (WARP) is an experiment at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy, for the research of cold dark matter. It aims to detect nuclear recoils in liquid argon induced by weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) through ...
, a cold dark matter experiment at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy
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Wimpy (disambiguation)
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