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graphical user interface
nounDefinition 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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Oh, and graphical user interface, display editing, multiple windows, shared documents, context-sensitive help and a digital library. — Andy Kessler, WSJ, "Life as We Know It Turns 50," 2 Dec. 2018 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. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'graphical user interface.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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