(computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact…
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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
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(computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Human-computer interaction, Computer science.a user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Human-computer interaction, Computer science.a user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Human-computer interaction, Computer science.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 devi…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Human-computer interaction, Computer science.(computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive; "acce…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a first test of an experimental product (such as computer software) carried out by the developer
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary digits represen…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer graphics) a technique that is used to smooth jagged distortions in curves and diagonal lines so they appear smoother
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device; "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a computer file dedicated to storing and updating computer backups
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a block (usually one sector) that cannot reliably hold data
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a second test of an experimental product (such as computer software) carried out by an outside organization
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a computer file containing machine-readable information that must be read by an application; characters use all 8 b…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) the rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem)
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: user, interface, based, graphics, icons.A set of rules that lets one software system communicate with another.
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: user, interface, based, graphics, icons.(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: user, interface, based, graphics, icons.(computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user;…
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: user, interface, based, graphics, icons.A graphic engine is a type of software used by application programs to draw graphics on computer display screens.; "The graphic engine…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: user, interface, based, graphics, icons.(computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a gr…
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