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graphical user interface

User interface allowing interaction through graphical icons and visual indicators

Also known as GUI

Instance of: software feature
Subclass of: user interface
Part of: front end

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A graphical user interface, or GUI, is a form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation. In many applications, GUIs are used instead of text-based UIs, which are based on typed command labels or text navigation. GUIs were introduced in reaction to the perceived steep learning curve of command-line interfaces (CLIs), which require commands to be typed on a computer keyboard.

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Different from: client
voice user interface
Opposite of: text-based user interface
Has contributing factor: mathematical expression
structural formula
audiovisual work
video game
Discovered by: Ivan Sutherland
Discovered: 1973
Members / parts: active window
Short name: графический
Has characteristic: look and feel

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