graphical user interface

American

noun

a software interface designed to standardize and simplify the use of computer programs, as by using a mouse to manipulate text and images on a display screen featuring icons, windows, and menus.

graphical user interface British

noun

GUI. an interface between a user and a computer system that involves the use of a mouse-controlled screen cursor to select options from menus, make choices with buttons, start programs by clicking icons, etc

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graphical user interface Scientific

/ grăf′ĭ-kəl /

See GUI

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Instead of the MS-DOS-like “command line” interface that the core app has, Cowork displays a more friendly, graphical user interface.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

The team have made their CNN accessible, providing a user-friendly graphical user interface that integrates targeted augmentation, streamlining the process into a comprehensive pipeline, from manual annotation to final proofreading.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2023

“Skeuomorphism” is a term used in graphical user interface design to describe objects that mimic their real-world counterparts.

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2022

Turned out there was a bug in the graphical user interface doctors use that showed the wrong values, so the pacemaker settings weren’t the same as what was appearing on screen.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2016

There are, however, ways to integrate these services into your graphical user interface.

From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation

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