GUI

GUI

 (go͞o′ē)

n.

An interface for issuing commands to a computer utilizing a pointing device, such as a mouse, that manipulates and activates graphical images on a monitor.

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[g(raphical) u(ser) i(nterface).]

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GUI

(ˈɡuːiː)

n acronym for

(Computer Science) graphical user interface

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graph′ical us′er in′terface

n.

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.

Also called GUI.

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GUI

(go͞o′ē)

Short for graphical user interface. An interface that is used to issue commands to a computer by means of a device such as a mouse that manipulates and activates onscreen images.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

GUI - a user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text; uses a mouse as well as a keyboard as an input device graphical user interface dialog box, panel - (computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with `okay' or `cancel' user interface, interface - (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system icon - (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface

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Translations

GUIinterfaccia grafica

GUI

(Comput) abbr of graphical user interface → GUI nt

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