ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

DWIM

DWIM stands for "Do What I Mean", and it is a concept in computer programming that means the computer will try to guess what you want to do based on what you type or click on.

Imagine you are playing with your Legos and want to build a tower. You don't need to tell someone how to build the tower block by block. You just start stacking them up and the tower takes form. That's like DWIM in programming. You don't have to tell the computer every single step of what you want it to do. Instead, you give it some clues (like typing a command or clicking on an option), and it figures out what you want it to do.

DWIM helps make programming easier and faster, but sometimes it can lead to mistakes. That's why it's important to double-check that the computer is doing what you actually want it to do.