"Why Isn't Mary Programming?", a management principle illustrating a common attitude managers have towards programmers during the Requirements analysis or Software architecture phase of a software development project. Programmers can be seen to be less productive during this stage because they spend less time writing code and more time researching and planning.

Women-Influenced Male Person, a term coined by Rush Limbaugh (see Jargon of The Rush Limbaugh Show).

Weakly interacting massive particle, a hypothetical class of matter.

WIMP (computing), an acronym for "window, icon, menu, pointer" or "windows, icons, mice and pointers".

A physical or emotional weakling (considered to be derived from J. Wellington Wimpy, a character in the popeye cartoon series).