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What is GUI

A graphical user interface (GUI) allows users to interact with digital devices through graphical components like icons and buttons, simplifying the interaction with underlying code. GUIs respond to user actions with visual or auditory signals and support keyboard and voice commands for accessibility. Despite technological advancements, GUIs remain essential for online communication and multitasking in software applications.

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What is GUI

A graphical user interface (GUI) allows users to interact with digital devices through graphical components like icons and buttons, simplifying the interaction with underlying code. GUIs respond to user actions with visual or auditory signals and support keyboard and voice commands for accessibility. Despite technological advancements, GUIs remain essential for online communication and multitasking in software applications.

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What is GUI?

A graphical user interface (GUI) is a digital interface in


which a user interacts with graphical components such as icons,
buttons, and menus. In a GUI, the visuals displayed in the user
interface convey information relevant to the user, as well as
actions that they can take. The ultimate purpose of GUIs is to
allow humans to interact with a device’s underlying code by
separating us from the technical details and presenting a
simplified interface to the user – this process is known as
abstraction.
When the user initiates an interaction, the GUI typically
responds with some signal like a colour or size change in the
clicked element, a sound, or another effect, and then the system
carries out the requested action. All popular GUI operating
systems and many software applications also allow interaction
via keyboard commands (a key accessibility feature), and some
also accept voice commands.
GUI enables the users to work with and display many
required programs simultaneously to process. Despite the rapid
advancements in technology and science, the Graphical User
Interface continues to be a vital component of users online
communications.

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