Wimp

Wimp, WiMP or WIMP may refer to:

Science and technology

People

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WiMP

WiMP is a music streaming service. The service is available on mobiles, tablets, network players and computers. Music in WiMP is streamed using the AAC+ file format in a bitrate of 96 kbit/s or the AAC file format in a bitrate of 320 kbit/s if the high quality streaming option is selected. WiMP also offers a HiFi-product with FLAC/ALAC.

History

Wimp was developed by Aspiro AS and the Norwegian music store chain Platekompaniet AS and was first launched in Norway February 2010.

On January 30, 2015 it was announced that Aspiro AB has been acquired by Project Panther Bidco Ltd, which is indirectly owned by S. Carter Enterprises, LLC. The company is controlled by Shawn Corey Carter, better known by his stage name Jay-Z. Aspiro AB was sold for 464 million SEK, which is about €50 million or 56 million USD.

Cost and availability

WiMP is funded by paid subscriptions and a one-month free trial is available. As of 2012, WiMP is available in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Poland.

Tidal

The service is also available in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Ireland, Finland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Turkey. where it is known as Tidal, and emphasizes the high-fidelity lossless mode, but the other modes, "High" and "Normal", are also available. Tidal claims to have 25 million tracks.

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:

The Microsoft Web Platform Installer is a tool to install applications on a WIMP-system.

LAMP is a similar stack, of entirely free software with Linux replacing Windows, and Apache replacing IIS.

WAMP is a similar stack, with Apache replacing IIS.

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