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What is a GUI

Shows you some stuff about computers. You'll see how an important a GUI is to our lives.

What is a GUI? The well made up definition is ‘A program interface that takes advantage of the computer's graphics capabilities to make the program easier to use. Well-designed graphical user interfaces can free the user from learning complex command languages . On the other hand, many users find that they work more effectively with a command-driven interface, especially if they already know the command language.' As webopedia says. To make this a little easier to understand I will give you a few examples of GUI's.

Windows is a good example of a GUI. It helps construct simple writing documents without having to use complicated HTML. You can paste pictures, type and create newsletters, etc. that can be attached easily to the internet and other sources of the computer. This is very helpful who those that are not skilled in computers.

Because of GUIs people are able to understand computers more skillful and completely.

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#1 by kof, Nov 1, 2006
In the early age of computers all the interface was text based. You would type something and a written response would come back to you. Screens were black and white, greenish or pinkish. Then came the apple/atari/ family that now displayed what used to be text-only in the form of... forms! Advantages that could be immediately preceived were: several interfaces could be displayed at the same time instead of just one single screen and messages could be passed from one interface into another in other words if you type "how many" in one interface you'd see "20" in the next simultaneously. Thus we entered the era of multitasking, 32-bit windows-based systems, etc... Oh yes I forgot to say 8-bits and 16-bits were the old fashioned screen and 32-bits were the new ones. What does it mean? It means that the instruction were more and more complex and could now achieve a lot more work than just the plain b-w screen. The price to pay was the need for more and more hardware, memory, hard drive space, etc... and Bill Gates!
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