answer
It is an abbreviation of V i IM provided. Meaning of "Improved version of Vi".
So what does Vi stand for?
- Visual
- Visual display
- Visual editor
It seems that there are various theories such as. It seems that it is definitely the first letter of Visual.
reference
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi
- http://people.cis.ksu.edu/~bhoward/vi/vi10.html
- Vim-Wikipedia
- What does Liunx's vi stand for?