GUI

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A GUI or Graphical User Interface is a way of graphically organizing information and accepting user input, typically from a keyboard and a pointing device such as a mouse. Another acronym for this concept is WIMP--Windows, Icons, and Mouse Pointing. GUI's can have buttons, text fields, pictures, or tables (among many other things).

Common GUIs

  • Microsoft Windows
  • OS X
  • X11/X.org for UNIX systems
  • rio for Plan 9