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What does GUI stand for in the context of software applications?

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What does GUI stand for in the context of software applications?

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GUI stands for Graphical User Interface.

• Often pronounced as 'Gooey'.
• It is also known as WIMP (Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointer) as the most common combination of elements using which are user interacts in a GUI environment.
• A type of interface which is most popular and widely used by people.
• This user interface provided by operating systems for user and interaction with a computer system.
• It made use of graphics, images and icons.
• It is easy to use than that of Character User Interface (CUI), it made the interaction very easy as the user could interact with just a click of the mouse rather than typing every time to give commands to the computer.
• The most commonly used examples of GUI is Windows, Symbian, Linux, Mac OS, etc.