Special screen that allows software commands to be issued through the use of graphic symbols (icons) or pull-down menus.
A GUI is a graphics-based interface that lets you access programs by pointing to icons, buttons, and windows rather than by typing a string of commands at a command prompt.
A design for the part of a program that interacts with the user and uses icons to represent program features.
Any working environment which employs windows, pictures, buttons, or any other cool thing to operate or get its message across. Basically anything that isn't dependant on a command line to run.
(GUI): A picture-like control panel or screen (as opposed to a text-based screen), that makes a computer or presentation system easy to use. Amiga, Macintosh, and Windows environments are example of GUIs.
A computer interface, commonly accessed with a pointing device like a mouse, that uses pictures, graphic symbols, windows, and menus to represent commands, choices, and actions.
This is sometimes shortened to GUI. An interface where the user chooses an option usually by pointing a mouse at an icon representing that option.
A graphical user interface is a method of interacting with a computer through a metaphor of direct manipulation of graphical images and "widgets" in addition to text.
A graphical method to control how a user interacts with a computer's operating system to perform various tasks. Use a mouse to point and click on menu items or icons instead of typing commands at the operating system's prompt.
Device used by warehouse operator to communicate with the tracking system. The GUI provides limited access and functionality that would otherwise be difficult to control with standard keyboard and mouse.
An application, such as Microsoft Windows, that lies on top of other applications and provides a user interface based on graphical icons.
A work environment pioneered by Xerox and made popular on the Apple MacIntosh computers where a user generally performs functions by selecting options with a mouse rather than typing in commands.
Computer control system that allows the user to command the computer by "pointing-and-clicking," usually with a mouse, to pictures or "icons," rather than typing in commands.
An end user interface to an application that makes use of windows, icons, menus, pointers, and scroll bars. A GUI accepts input from a keyboard and a pointing device, such as a mouse. It takes advantage of the graphical computer environments and is typically easy to use and understand.
A user interface, or GUI, that provides the user with a method of interacting with the computer and its special applications, usually via a mouse or other selection device. The GUI usually includes such things as windows, an intruitive method of manipulating directrories and files, and icons.
A user interface based on the presentation of data and command options via graphical panels and user selection via mouse and keyboard data entry.
The name given to an operating system or operating environment that uses pictural representations (icons) and menus, with a pointing device concept to execute commands and other tasks, rather than requiring the user to type commands. The Macintosh operating system and Microsoft Windows are examples.
A non-programmatic, graphical, interface to the functionality of NCAR Graphics. Such an interface is sometimes referred to as a "point-and-click" interface, since that is how the interaction is accomplished.
A boundary across which two independent systems meet and act on or communicate with each other. In computer technology, there are several types of interfaces. Within a web site, it is the graphical based navigation platform which makes surfing the site possible.
Icon-based display programs promoting simple, mouse-driven, point-and-click use
a user’s interface to an application that includes graphics (e.g., pictures, animations, video clips) and/or graphic icons (e.g., buttons, pick lists, text boxes, etc.).
A graphic-based user interface that allows users to select files, programs, or commands by pointing to pictorial representations on the screen rather than by typing long, complex commands from a command prompt. Application programs execute in windows, using a consistent set of pull-down menus, dialog boxes, and other graphical elements such as scroll bars and icons. This consistency among interface elements is a major benefit for the user,because as soon as you learn how to use the interface in one program, you can use it in all other programs running in the same environment.
(GUI) Testing the front-end user interfaces to applications which use GUI support systems and standard such as MS Windows or Motif. H - I
GUI is a simplistic and efficient window modality and layout of a windows environment that provides point and click capabilities.
generally, any user interface that relies on picture or graphical representations, rather than text and numbers. A pointing device is usually needed to use a GUI.
an operating system format that includes pictures or icons from which users can select desired activities, rather than entering commands through a series of keystrokes.
A graphics-based user interface that incorporates icons and pull-down menus, as found in OS/2 and Windows.
Abbreviated to GUI, an interface that enables a user to interact with the applications on a computer. A user uses the graphics, for example icons or buttons, to perform operations.
A Graphical User Interface is designed so that the user can perform tasks by using a mouse to point & click on an icon. The user can perform any task with either the mouse or the keyboard.
Simplifies computer operations on the desktop by using graphic symbols, called icons, to represent complex commands.
A program interface that takes advantage of the graphics capabilities of the computer to make the program easier to use. The HP SIM GUI runs in a web browser.
A form of communication between people and computers that uses graphics-oriented software such as windows, menus, and icons, to ease the burden of the interaction.
a programme interface that takes advantage of the computer's graphics capabilities to make a programme easier to use
Software that enables users to access data by manipulating a mouse.
refers to the interface between a human and a computer that is graphical in nature as opposed to text based.
a computer operating system that is based upon icons and visual relationships rather than text
a computer-user interface that uses graphical screen images as well as typed text, with icons on the screen replacing many of the functions of the keyboard
a monicker used to describe an operating system like Windows and Macintosh
a program's on-screen appearance and is, on the lowest level, formed by Pixel s that are grouped into lines, color-filled areas etc
a type of display format that enables a user to choose commands, start programs, and see lists of files and other options by pointing to pictorial representations (icons) and lists of menu items on the screen
a window or form which accepts user input using keystrokes and mouse clicks
a program that helps you more easily work with your operating system and application programs by providing pictures and visual clues to help you work. Windows is a GUI. So is Mac OS.
user interface that displays in graphic or pictoral format rather than in text only.
Microsoft Windows is a typical example of a GUI, whereby a familiar system of windows and pull-down menus enable a non-technical communication to a PC.
Program interface that allows the user to view a character-based format as a graphical presentation.
The modern style of application interface using mice, windows, and icons invented at Xerox PARC during the 1970s, as opposed to the older CLI or roguelike styles. IDE
Is yhe collection of images and text shown on the display monitor that facilitates the entry of commands and data. Your computer ‘desk top' is a GUI.
A graphical method used to control how a user interacts with a computer to perform various tasks. Instead of issuing commands at a prompt, the user is presented with a "dashboard" of graphical buttons and other functions in the form of icons and objects on the display screen. The user interacts with the system using a mouse to point and click.
A user interface using icons to represent objects (such as programs and files), a mouse or other pointing device to select operations (such as printing or changing type font), and graphical imagery to represent and clarify relationships.
(pronounced "gooey") picture-based software, such as OSF/Motif, that employs window frames, icons, and pointers to interface with files and directories rather than commands. This graphical "front end" is designed to be easier for the user than issuing commands to the shell at the command line. A program with a GUI runs under some windowing system, such as X Windows in the case of Motif.
A GUI is a user on-screen environment that utilizes icons, menus, and dialog boxes. It is highly recommended that all EPRI software, including upgrades, implement a GUI using Windows GUI system calls.
(GUI) Human/machine interface (HMI).
An interactive user interface usually dominated by a mouse, track-ball, or some other pointing device. In the predominant interaction, the user points at a screen icon and clicks a button to select the process the icon represents.
(GUI) The use of pictures rather than just words to represent the input and output of a program. The program displays icons, buttons, dialog boxes etc. in its windows on the screen; the user controls it by moving a mouse or pointer on the screen, selecting objects by pressing buttons on the mouse. Compare to Command Line Interface. Go to Top
A GUI is what an end-user sees and interacts with when operating (interacting with) a software application. Sometimes referred to as the "front-end" of an application. HTML is the GUI standard for web-based applications.
As opposed to a command-line interface. Windows and the Mac OS use a graphical user interface, unlike DOS and Unix.
This is the 'front end' of a package - what the user sees on the screen. It allows the user to use the package by pointing and clicking on items on the screen.
A graphics-based operating system interface that uses icons, menus, and a mouse to manage interaction with the system. Application program conformance with a single user interface style is the primary determinant of ease of learning and use, and thus, of application effectiveness and user productivity.
A graphically computer interface.
A screen-based (as opposed to a line-based) interface between the user and an application.
Use of icons (pictures) to represent choices to a computer user; associated with an input device, such as a mouse or pen, that allows users to select options on the computer screen.
A graphically based interface that allows a user to communicate instructions to the computer easily.
Computer interface that lets users access programs and enter data by using a mouse; considered to be user-friendly.
Interface to a computer consisting of windows with menus, buttons, icons and so on. The vast majority prefer a GUI over a CLI ( Command Line Interface) for ease of use, even though the latter is more versatile. HTML
A mechanism for interacting directly with a computing device using graphical display capabilities (such as menus, widgets, icons, and controls) to make computer applications easier to use.
A program interface that takes advantage of the computer's graphics capabilities to make the program easier to use. Well-designed graphical user interfaces can free the user from learning complex command languages. On the other hand, many users find that they work more effectively with a command-driven interface, especially if they already know the command language.
A display format, like that of Windows, that represents a program's functions with graphic images such as buttons and icons. GUIs allow a user to perform operations and make choices by pointing and clicking with a mouse.
A visual metaphor that uses icons that represent actual items that can be selected or manipulated with a pointing device.
A user-friendly input interface which has a graphical approach to capture user input. This is usually achieved through buttons, scrollbars, windows, tabbed folders, etc. This is how windows operates, in contrast to the CLI DOS format.
Graphical rather than text-based user interface to an application on a computer. The term came into existence because the first interactive user interfaces to computers were not graphical; they were text-and-keyboard oriented and usually consisted of commands you had to remember and computer responses that were very brief. Elements of a GUI include windows, pull-down menus, pushbuttons, scroll bars, icons, wizards and more. SAP was among the first enterprise a plication providers to deliver a GUI for their users. With EnjoySAP SAP has once again redefined the state-of-the-art user experience and also delivers a new graphical user interface to its customers. Web browsers have now emerged as standard GUI throughout the Internet. As a key enabler for system mySAP.com, SAP will make all SAP business functionality available in a Web browser.
An application or program that allows both text and pictures, sounds and animation to be viewed by the user. An example is Netscape, a program that you use to access the internet.
A graphics-based operating system interface between a user and a computer. A GUI (pronounced "gooey") typically uses a mouse and icons.
Graphics-based user interface that incorporates windows, menus, buttons, and a mouse.
as compared to a textual user interface, uses geometrical shapes
Connector between various graphics devices that makes all the graphics capability available to any user and that produces the graphical presentation of information to the user.
Graphical User Interface (GUI) enables a user to interact with a software application through graphics instead of text.
A characteristic style of user-program interface in which the computer is controlled graphically - by a mouse acting through windows and icons - rather than by issuing it with textual commands. See also WIMP.
An interface between a user and a computer that is graphics-based and incorporates icons, menus, and a mouse.
A user interface that allows for data manipulation via graphics, as opposed to a text-based system, such as MS-DOS©.
GUI) A program interface that takes advantage of the computer's graphics capabilities to make the program easier to use. SCM's GUI is Web-enabled and displays in a Web browser.
A way of interacting with the computer that relies on graphical symbols. Most often requires a mouse. It is less powerful then the command-line interface, but is more user friendly and is easier to learn for users without technical background. Back to the top Hit In the WWW world "hit" is used to describe a single request made by a web browser. The data transmitted by the web server in response to the request is a text file or a binary file (images, audio, video, executables and other data).
Abbreviated as GUI, this is an interface in which resources on the computer (files, printers, programs, etc.) are represented as graphics which you maniuplate with a mouse. The GUI as we know it today was first pioneered by Doug Engelbart, implemented in projects at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, and popularized by Apple Computer with its Macintosh computer.
an interface to control the system, designed using graphics making it clearer and understandable for the user to operate the system.
( GUI) the mechanism by which the User communicates information to the computer, for example Windows 95.
(GUI) - Pronounced gooey. Image-based way of interacting with the computer.
Also known as a GUI. A program interface that takes advantage of the computer's graphics capabilities to make the program easier to use.
("GUI") type of interface that enables users to communicate with a program by manipulating graph ical feature s rather than be entering commands. [D04838] RUP
Any system that uses graphics to represent the functions of a program. All Windows operating systems are GUIs.
A user-friendly, non-text way to present and to navigate World Wide Web pages using icons and pictures and to hyperlink to other Uniform Resource Locators (URLs).
interface: The interface we all know and love, developed at Xerox PARC and more recently copied by Windows. This type of interface uses pictorial representations of real-world things on the screen and gives you a mouse or other pointing device to interact with them. Nickname:"gooey" (GUI).
user interface that consists of a collection of window s containing visual controls, or widget In VisualWorks, a graphical user interface includes not only the windows and widgets themselves, but also various supporting object that are supplied by the application framework. In addition, a graphical user interface includes the code that implements the widgets' application-specific behavior--the functionality that enables them to interact with domain model s. A VisualWorks graphical user interface is normally implemented using one or more application model s and interface specification
A computer working environment, such as Windows, that represents files and operations visually, using icons, buttons, windows, and other imagery that you can manipulate with a mouse.
Typically a GUI allows several programs to be displayed in separate windows on the screen. The operator can move these windows round, change their sizes, and easily switch from one program to another. The programs have a consistent user interface that makes use of pull-down menus, dialogue boxes, and graphical objects such as icons, scroll bars, and buttons.
An environment provided by some applications allowing easier use of a program through a graphical visual presentation of the options and data manipulated by that program. Generally, most Windows applications make use of a GUI. The primary alternative to a GUI is the Command-Line Interface.
refers specifically to point and click view screen technology.
An interface, such as Windows (IBM) or that found on Mac's, in which a user points to information s/he wants by manipulating an on-screen pointer.
Software that interacts between the user and the application in a user friendly manner to simplify user tasks and shorten the learning curve. GUIs use a mouse to maneuver around a window.
(GUI) The whole part of an interactive application which requests input from the user (keyboard, mouse etc.) and displays this information to the user. Blenders GUI is designed for an efficient modeling process in an animation company where time equals money. Blenders whole GUI is done in OpenGL. See Also: OpenGL.
In the Tivoli environment, the graphical user interface (GUI) that system administrators use to manage their network computing environment. The Risk Manager event console uses the Tivoli desktop. See event console.
Commonly referred to as a GUI. Basically, a GUI acts as a more user-friendly (hopefully) face for an operating system or application. Microsoft and Apple both incorporate a GUI into their operating systems. Xerox researchers first introduced the GUI in the 1970's, but it didn't gain popularity in PC circles until the early 1980's - when the first Apple Macintosh rolled out. Source: TechSoup.org
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, Microsoft Windows, Acorn RISC OS, NEXTSTEP). The program displays certain icons, buttons, dialogue boxes, etc. in its windows on the screen. 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.
(GUI): the use of bitmapped graphical elements, such as menus, icons, buttons, windows, dialog boxes and cursors to mediate a user's interaction with an application program or with a set of such programs. The concept originated in the early 1970s at Xerox's PARC laboratory.
Graphical user interface, pronounced "gooey." It uses graphical icons to represent options that are available to computer users. Using a mouse to double-click on a picture and start a program is an example of GUI in action.
a visual, icon-driven interface for an operating system or other application. A nice little acronym pronounced "gooey."
The use of graphical symbols instead of text commands to control common computer functions such as copying programs and disks.
Program interface that presents digital information and software programs in an image-based format as compared to a character-based format.
The buttons, text fields, and other components of a program that enable a user to interact with the program using a mouse and keyboard. Also called a GUI.
Pronounced "GOO-ey," a type of program interface that uses graphical elements, such as icons, to represent commands, files, and (in some cases) other programs. The most famous GUI is Microsoft Windows.
Invented at Xerox Parc and implemented first by Apple. Expands input from just the keyboard to mouse and touch-screen. Icons, menus, and desktop help the user move about a webpage, screen, application, or computer itself.
A set of forms and objects that enable users to view and manipulate data and otherwise control an application. A graphical user interface is the part of the application that sits between users and an application's underlying procedures.
A GUI is a software "front end" which lets the user use pictures and "point-and-click" technology to access the software application. It allows a computer user to interact with the computer by manipulating graphic representations (icons) witha mouse or other pointing device instead of typing text commands. Many modern Internet clients are based on GUI principles and technology. NetCruiser is a GUI. See also browse, World Wide Web, Gopher WWWebfx Home Page
A way of representing the functions, features and contents of a program to a user by way of visual elements, such as icons, as opposed to textual elements, such as words and character strings. The Microsoft Windows operating system is the classic example of a program with a GUI.
An end-user interface to a program that presents information using windows, menus, buttons, textfields, etc., and with which the user interacts using a mouse or other pointing devices in addition to the keyboard.
A program that provides visual navigation with menus and screen icons, and performs automated functions with the click of a button. Some good examples are the "wizard" programs in most major software, and many do it yourself website creation sites have these so that you do not need to learn a web authoring language like HTML.
A program interface that uses a computer's graphic systems to make a program more user-friendly. A GUI may include standard formats for representing text and graphics. This makes it easier to share data between programs running on the same GUI. Often pronounced "gooey".
A user interface consisting of a visual metaphor representing a real-world scene, often looks like a desktop. A graphical user interface includes: A combination of graphics and icons The object-action paradigm Use of pointing devices, menu bars, and overlapping windows Contrast with command line interface. See windowed interface.
A way of interacting with a computer, based on graphics instead of text. GUIs use icons, pictures, and menus, and use a mouse as well as a keyboard to accept input.
A type of user interface that takes advantage of a high-resolution monitor. A graphical user interface includes: A combination of graphics The object-action paradigm Use of pointing devices, menu bars, overlapping windows, and icons. Contrast with command line interface. See windowed interface.
A visually-oriented human/machine interface based on windows, menus, and icons in which a pointing device is the primary means of issuing commands to the computer system. See Macintosh.
A graphical user interface offers pictoral rather than text-based access to a computer. A graphical user interface includes: A combination of graphics and icons Use of a mouse or pointing device Menu bars, dropdown lists, and overlapping windows Contrast with command line interface. See windowed interface.
(GUI) The part of a computer application by which the user interacts using graphical metaphors, instead of through typed commands.
A graphical method of controlling how a user interacts with a computer to perform various tasks. Instead of issuing commands at a prompt, the user performs desired tasks by using a mouse to choose from 'a dashboard' of options presented on the display screen. These are in the form of pictorial buttons (icons) and lists. Some GUI tools are dynamic and the user must manipulate a graphical object on the screen to invoke a function; for example, moving a slider bar to set a parameter value (e.g., setting the scale of a map).
A type of computer interface consisting of a visual metaphor of a real-world scene, often of a desktop. Within that scene are icons, which represent actual objects, that the user can access and manipulate with a pointing device.
A graphical user interface is a program that lets the user interact with a computer system in a highly visual manner, with a minimum of typing. Graphical user interfaces usually require a high-resolution display and a pointing device, such as a computer mouse.
an interface, commonly called a GUI, using menus, icons, windows and a mouse to facilitate interaction between the computer and the user. See Mac OS, desktop, Finder, Windows, cursor, Lisa. Contrast command-line interface.
An onscreen system (including menus, maps, etc.) to control a mobile audio/video system. The user employs touch controls or cursors on the monitor to navigate through system functions and parameters.
n. A type of environment that represents programs, files, and options by means of icons, menus, and dialog boxes on the screen. The user can select and activate these options by pointing and clicking with a mouse or, often, with the keyboard. A particular item (such as a scroll bar) works the same way to the user in all applications, because the graphical user interface provides standard software routines to handle these elements and report the user's actions (such as a mouse click on a particular icon or at a particular location in text, or a key press); applications call these routines with specific parameters rather than attempting to reproduce them from scratch. Acronym: GUI.
a system using windows, icons, menus and the mouse for most user input / output. See also wimp.
User interface, which controls how a user enters data and instructions and how information displays on the screen; uses visual images such as icons, buttons and other graphical objects. 1.12, 3.4- 5.3, 8.8 designing, 15.22
An interface that displays graphics on a television screen or monitor to simplify operation of a device.
Abbreviated GUI and often pronouced "gooey." A graphics-based user interface that allows users to select files, programs, or commands by pointing to pictorial representations on the screen ra ... more
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. Source: Dictionary.com
A connection between the computer and the user employing a mouse and icons so that the user makes selections by pointing at icons and clicking the mouse.
Any “point-and-click†control system for an electronic component that uses menus and icons displayed on a screen instead of (or in addition to) physical pushbuttons and other controls.
A key component of client systems, the GUI is the set of menus, windows, control buttons and other standard screen devices that are intended to make using a computer as intuitive as possible.
A user-friendly interface that lets users interact with the system by pointing to processing options with a point-and-draw device.
A graphical user interface is a type of user interface used for interaction with a computer which employs graphical images, widgets, along with text to represent the information and actions available to a user. The actions are usually performed through direct manipulation of the graphical elements.