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WIMP
,''WIMP'' stands for "window, icon, menu, pointing devicepointers" and is a term frequently used in HCI (Human Computer Interaction), to describe a minumum set of requirements for [[History of Graphical User InterfacesInterface for the Amstrad CPC|Graphical User Interfaces (GUI)]].
The [[CPC|Amstrad CPC]] was , as a low-cost 8-bit computer did not born with offer a Graphical User Interfacenative GUI. Instead the Amstrad CPC, but like its contemporary competitors, was opereated using a command line interface.
However, several third-party efforts were made to produce a graphical interface to make computer use easier, with varying degrees of success. Proliferation of GUIs on the CPC was hampered by the fact that a major component, the mouse, did not come cheap at the time, so few applications were developed for them.
== Links == [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIMP_(computing)|Wikipedia article on WIMP] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_line_interface Article on Command Line Interfaces]
[[Category:CPC GUI]]
