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GUI (Graphical User Interface)

Remember when floppy disks were actually floppy? When "color monitor" meant green type on a black screen? Back when a flashing cursor was the only invitation you had to get started? Those were the dark ages before computers had a graphical user interface, or GUI (pronounced "gooey"). Your desktop, the icons (representing your hard drive, trash, disks, documents, directories, and programs) that clutter it, and the mouse-motivated cursor - with its drag-and-drop capabilities - are all part of the GUI. When the interface alternative is command-line operations, it's easy to get all gooey over the GUI.

Related Terms: icon, mouse

   
  terms from:    [A-F] [G-P] [Q-Z]
   
 

GIF, Animated GIF
GUI (Graphical User Interface)
Hacker, Cracker
Homepage
Html (Hypertext Markup Language)
Hyperlink, Hypertext
Icon
Interface
Internet, Intranet
ISP (Internet Service Provider)
Java
JavaScript
JPEG
Mailing List, Listserv
Mailto
Modem
Mouse
Netiquette
Newsgroup, Usenet
Plug-in

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