user interface

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Noun1.user 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 systemuser 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
computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
computer program, computer programme, programme, program - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code"
CLI, command line interface - a user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon
graphical user interface, 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
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Translations
uživatelské rozhraní
Benutzerschnittstelle
käyttäjäliittymäkäyttöliittymä
felhasználói felület
interfaccia utente
gebruikersinterface
brukergrensesnitt
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As a result, they are constantly interrupted, spend countless hours processing email, re-read emails that languish in their inbox, store email they don't need and suffer from information overload. Today, anyone can find dozens of articles on the Internet crying about the pain of information overload.
Conversations at the 2008 International Professional Communication Conference in Montreal led to a project to gather perspectives on information overload from such fields as communication, information, journalism, linguistics, and psychology.
Is this a result of information overload as Toffler predicted and Lynott observed?
Finally, try to avoid contributing to the information overload of others.
I was stunned to hear one expert say he no longer worries about information overload. He has achieved this by specialising on one area of interest, while building relationships and contacts with people and keeping a close eye on what they are saying.
The recent IABC Research Foundation report Preparing Message, for Information Overload Environments, however, looks at it from the sender's side, and examines his or her role in reducing information overload for recipients.
IT IS very easy to be bamboozled by information overload on today's roads, with signs seemingly every few yards trying to gain our attention.
We have met the enemy and he is us is the great title of a new report into information overload by the techwatch company Basex.
On the other hand, it would be information overload for your young students and even the teenagers would get that glazed, who-cares, look!
Comment on Other Uses: Besides helping people keep up with specialized information, this kind of news aggregation will help prevent important research from being "lost"--published but not followed up due to information overload and lack of professional attention.
"Information overload" is a trend that needs no introduction or explanation.
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