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By Paul Leahy, About.com

Definition:

AWT stands for “Abstract Window Toolkit”. The AWT is a code library that provides components for graphical user interfaces, e.g., buttons, labels, textboxes. It was the first version of graphical components for Java. Programmers now use the next generation of components for user interfaces found in Swing.

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