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-[Acronym] for __G__raphical __U__ser __I__nterface
.
+An
[Acronym] for GraphicalUserInterface
.
-A GUI provides a graphical way of looking at data and normally involves the [WIMP] paradigm.
-
-The most obvious difference between GUIs and CommandLine interfaces
is that a CLI makes you __remember__ a command, where a GUI makes you __recognize__ a command. The human memory is far better at recognition than recall (example: if I asked you the name of your first teacher at school, you probably wouldn't remember, but if I said
"hey, do you remember Mrs So-and-So
", you would probably recall her!) GUIs let you manipulate graphical (iconic) representations of data and programs.
-
-In MicrosoftWindows the [GUI], with all of its layers, is built right into the OperatingSystem. (For better or for worse!) Conversely, the [Linux] kernel has no provisions for [GUI]s of its own accord - it is provided by ordinary applications, commonly the [XFree86] implementation of the [X11] standard. This in turn is
only a bare skelleton for [GUI]s, which a large variety of [DesktopEnvironment]s are built on top of
. The most common ones are [GNOME] or [KDE] but there are more, such as [XFce]. Purists[1] use [X11] only to run multiple copies of xterm(1).
-
-Note that a [GUI] does not necessary entail leaving "text mode"; you can write console [GUI] applications using [Curses].
-
-Contrast CommandLine.
-
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-[1] cf. "Masochists"
+It
is pronounced like
"gooey
", only shorter
.
