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graphical user interface

graph·ic us·er in·ter·face
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [graf-ik yoo-zer noun in-ter-feys]
    • /ˈgræf ɪk ˈyu zər noun ˈɪn tərˌfeɪs/
    • /ˈgræfɪkl ˈjuːzə(r) ˈɪn.tə.feɪs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [graf-ik yoo-zer noun in-ter-feys]
    • /ˈgræf ɪk ˈyu zər noun ˈɪn tərˌfeɪs/

Definitions of graphical user interface words

  • noun graphical user interface a software interface designed to standardize and simplify the use of computer programs, as by using a mouse to manipulate text and images on a display screen featuring icons, windows, and menus. 1
  • noun Definition of graphical user interface in Technology (operating system)   (GUI) The use of pictures rather than just words to represent the input and output of a program. A program with a GUI runs under some windowing system (e.g. The X Window System, MacOS, Microsoft Windows, Acorn RISC OS, NEXTSTEP). The program displays certain icons, buttons, dialogue boxes, etc. in its windows on the screen and the user controls it mainly by moving a pointer on the screen (typically controlled by a mouse) and selecting certain objects by pressing buttons on the mouse while the pointer is pointing at them. This contrasts with a command line interface where communication is by exchange of strings of text. Windowing systems started with the first real-time graphic display systems for computers, namely the SAGE Project [Dates?] and Ivan Sutherland's Sketchpad (1963). Douglas Engelbart's Augmentation of Human Intellect project at SRI in the 1960s developed the On-Line System, which incorporated a mouse-driven cursor and multiple windows. Several people from Engelbart's project went to Xerox PARC in the early 1970s, most importantly his senior engineer, Bill English. The Xerox PARC team established the WIMP concept, which appeared commercially in the Xerox 8010 (Star) system in 1981. Beginning in 1980(?), led by Jef Raskin, the Macintosh team at Apple Computer (which included former members of the Xerox PARC group) continued to develop such ideas in the first commercially successful product to use a GUI, the Apple Macintosh, released in January 1984. In 2001 Apple introduced Mac OS X. 1
  • noun graphical user interface an interface between a user and a computer system that involves the use of a mouse-controlled screen cursor to select options from menus, make choices with buttons, start programs by clicking icons, etc 0
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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
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Synonyms for graphical user interface

noun graphical user interface

  • portrait — a likeness of a person, especially of the face, as a painting, drawing, or photograph: a gallery of family portraits.
  • symbol — something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial; emblem, token, or sign.
  • figure — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
  • idol — an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
  • picture — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
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