1. A wizard is a computer utility
designed to simplify the execution of lengthy or complicated tasks. In a graphical
user interface (GUI), a
wizard consists of a sequence of menus through which
the user navigates in order to achieve a specific objective such as copying files and folders from a hard disk to a
CD-R or CD-RW.
2. In computing and Internet applications, the term wizard is sometimes used in reference to a
human hacker or
expert user. Wizards are often specialists. A person who is a wizard in a single field such as Unix
programming may lack knowledge in other fields such as hardware
engineering.
3. In general usage, a wizard is a person who has such exceptional knowledge or expertise in a
certain field that he or she appears to possess almost supernatural ability.
This was last updated in March 2007
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