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GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
graphical user interface; GUI
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("graphical user interface" is a kind of...):
interface; 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 system)
Meronyms (parts of "graphical user interface"):
dialog box; panel ((computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with 'okay' or 'cancel')
icon ((computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface)
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