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(New page: Category:EncyclopediaA '''GUI''' or '''Graphical User Interface''' is a way of visually getting information from or giving information to the user. GUI's ca...)
 
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[[Category:Encyclopedia]]A '''GUI''' or '''Graphical User Interface''' is a way of visually getting information from or [[User Output - graphical|givinggraphically organizing information]] toand theaccepting user]] input, typically from a keyboard and a pointing device such as a mouse. Another acronym for this concept is WIMP--Windows, Icons, and Mouse Pointing. GUI's can have [[Simple Windowed Application|buttons]], text fields, pictures, or tables (among many other things).
 
=Common GUIs=
*Microsoft Windows
*OS X
*X11/X.org for [[UNIX]] systems
*rio for [[Plan 9]]