graphical user interface
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4.0
- noun
- /ˈɡræfɪkəl ˈjuːzər ˈɪntərfeɪs/
- Specialized
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interfaz gráfica de usuario
- The new software features a user-friendly graphical user interface that helps users navigate easily.
- friendly graphical user interface
Midway through that lawsuit, Xerox filed a lawsuit against Apple, claiming Apple had infringed copyright Xerox held on its graphical user interface.
- Midway through that lawsuit, Xerox filed a lawsuit against Apple, claiming Apple had infringed copyright Xerox held on its graphical user interface.
Examples
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The graphical user interfaces of the 1980s, at least, made systems somewhat manageable.
Fiction book (2001) -
These programs are designed with user-friendly graphical user interfaces that are intuitive and easy to learn.
Academic text (2003) -
Example of easy user interface is the graphical user interface which enabled the PC revolution that changed the face of computing.
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Remember when computers didn't have graphical user interfaces?
Blog text (7) -
Software developers regularly update graphical user interfaces and enhance their data capture capabilities.
Academic text (2011) -
A simple graphical user interface allows teachers to enter and edit words and clues, and then to generate alternative crossword configurations for those words.
Academic text (2002) -
Similarly, the UBC-MERU CASD system also had a relatively easy-to-use and straightforward graphical user interface.
Academic text (1992) -
The D5200 is equipped with a new graphical user interface (GUI) for intuitive operation.
Blog text (22) -
Graphical user interfaces are provided for all these aspects of knowledge-based system design, giving a powerful, workable toolkit.
Academic text (1990) -
Medical devices are usually expected to have well-developed graphical user interfaces, and the programming expense to create those interfaces can easily become a huge portion of the project.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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4.6
A screen or controls that let a person use a computer program
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3.5
Part of a program on a screen that people use to control it
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4.1
A screen interface with windows, icons, and menus you use with a mouse or keyboard
Antonyms
How Visual
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- Specialized
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- Specialized
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'graphical' (visual), 'user' (person who uses), and 'interface' (point of interaction), so a learner can infer it denotes an interface that presents visual elements for users. This is a regular compositional noun phrase and mirrors equivalent constructions in many languages, so a B1 learner knowing the words would very likely understand it.
Etymology
Graphical user interface comes from the idea of using pictures on a screen to control a computer. The word graphical means picture items like 'icons' and 'windows', user means the person using the computer, and interface means the way they use it, so the phrase means 'a computer screen with pictures and buttons people use instead of typing commands'.