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user interface

DEFINITIONS OF: user interface

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n (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system

Synonyms:
interface
Types:
CLI, command line interface
a user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon
GUI, graphical user interface
a user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text; uses a mouse as well as a keyboard as an input device
Type of:
computer program, computer programme, program, programme
(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
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