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  2. Graphical user interface - Wikipedia

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    A graphical user interface, or GUI (/ ˈɡuːi / [1][2] GOO-ee), is a form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation. In many applications, GUIs are used instead of text-based UIs, which are based on typed command labels or text navigation.

  3. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    FOSDEM —Free and Open-source Software Developers' European Meeting. FOSI —Formatted Output Specification Instance. FOSS —Free and Open-Source Software. FP —Function Programming. FP —Functional Programming. FPGA —Field Programmable Gate Array. FPS —Floating Point Systems. FPU —Floating-Point Unit. FRU —Field-Replaceable Unit.

  4. User interface - Wikipedia

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    In the industrial design field of human–computer interaction, a user interface (UI) is the space where interactions between humans and machines occur. The goal of this interaction is to allow effective operation and control of the machine from the human end, while the machine simultaneously feeds back information that aids the operators ...

  5. History of the graphical user interface - Wikipedia

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    The history of the graphical user interface, understood as the use of graphic icons and a pointing device to control a computer, covers a five-decade span of incremental refinements, built on some constant core principles. Several vendors have created their own windowing systems based on independent code, but with basic elements in common that ...

  6. WIMP (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In human–computer interaction, WIMP stands for " windows, icons, menus, pointer ", [1][2][3] denoting a style of interaction using these elements of the user interface. Other expansions are sometimes used, such as substituting "mouse" and "mice" for menus, or "pull-down menu" and "pointing" for pointer. [4][5][6] Though the acronym has fallen ...

  7. Alan Kay - Wikipedia

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    Alan Kay. Alan Curtis Kay (born May 17, 1940) [1] is an American computer scientist best known for his pioneering work on object-oriented programming and windowing graphical user interface (GUI) design. At Xerox PARC he led the design and development of the first modern windowed computer desktop interface.

  8. User interface design - Wikipedia

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    User interface (UI) design or user interface engineering is the design of user interfaces for machines and software, such as computers, home appliances, mobile devices, and other electronic devices, with the focus on maximizing usability and the user experience. In computer or software design, user interface (UI) design primarily focuses on ...

  9. Tangible user interface - Wikipedia

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    A tangible user interface (TUI) is a user interface in which a person interacts with digital information through the physical environment. The initial name was Graspable User Interface, which is no longer used. The purpose of TUI development is to empower collaboration, learning, and design by giving physical forms to digital information, thus ...