Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Abstract Window Toolkit
     
         (AWT) {Java}'s {platform}-independent {windowing},
        graphics, and user-interface {toolkit}.  The AWT is part of
        the {Java Foundation Classes} (JFC) - the standard {API} for
        providing a {graphical user interface} (GUI) for a Java
        program.
     
        Compare: {SWING}.
     
        ["Java in a Nutshell", O'Reilly].
     
        {Home (http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/awt/)}.
     
        (2000-07-26)