graphical user interface

noun

|Updated on: 17 Jul 2018

Definition of graphical user interface

: a computer program designed to allow a computer user to interact easily with the computer typically by making choices from menus or groups of icons

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Recent Examples of graphical user interface from the Web

Before Mojave and Marzipan, all Mac apps used AppKit, a software framework for constructing and managing graphical user interfaces specific to the Mac.

— samuel axon, Ars Technica, "macOS Mojave: A visual tour of Dark Mode and other major features," 26 June 2018
While Microsoft continues to invest and expand its PowerShell scripting environment—and pushes new GUI-less Windows environments such as the Nano Server configuration—the graphical user interface isn't going away.

— peter bright, Ars Technica, "Microsoft unveils Project Honolulu, a new GUI for server administration," 14 Sep. 2017

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