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GTK2 is an acronym for the second version of The GimpToolKit or GTK+?

while many users assume from the name that this is GTK 2.x, and ,as such, just the next major revision of the original toolkit, it is in fact so different that applications can require considerable modification in order to build against GTK2.

GTK2, however, provides such a wide array of new functionality that these conversions are well worth the effort, and with GNOME 2.x built entirely upon GTK2, if an application is to fit in and avoid being replaced it's almost a requirement.