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GRAPHICAL USER
INTERFACE
By: Mohammad Suhaib
USN:1SU20CS037
Branch:Computer Science

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CONTENTS
 INTRODUCTION
 HISTORY
 CHARACTERISTICS
 FEATURES
 ADVANTAGES
 DISADVANTAGES

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INTRODUCTION
 A graphical User Interface (GUI),is often pronounced as
‘goo-eye’.
 It is a type of user interface that controls a display for the
user and allows users to interact with programs.
 A GUI offers graphical ions, and visual indicators.
 It was developed because interacting with computers in
textmode(C.L.I)was a very time consuming & cumbersome
activity.

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HISTORY
The first graphical user interface was designed by
Xerox Corporation’s in 1970s.
But became popular after the Apple Macintosh’s
emergence in 1980’s
Before GUI was developed the operating system
was strictly text based.
 GUI is the now very familiar user interface that
allows you to interact with computers or phones
using mouse or touch screen.

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CHARACTERSTICS
 SophisticatedVisual Presentation
 Pick and Click interaction
 Object Orientation
 Visualization
 Views
 Use of Recognition Memory

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FEATURES
• Windows:-
The screen is divided into areas
called windows.Windows are
useful if you need to work on
Several tasks.
• Icons:-
These are small pictures used
to represent commands, files
or windows.

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• Menus:-
A menu is a list of commands or
choices offered to the user through
the menu bar. It allows user to
make selection from list.
• Pointers:-
This is the little arrow that
appears when using windows. It
can be used to select and use
icons.

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ADVANTAGES
o Easy to use:-
Since data is represented by symbols, shapes ad icons,users
can easily recognize, classify and navigate options.A simple
Click is all it takes to acquire a function. Because it is easy to use
o Easy to communicate:-
Visual representation of data recognized faster than text.Non-
Programmers find it easy to use GUIs since it requires no
experience with computing commands.

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o Attractive:-
GUI has visually appealing features and is not cluttered with
Command lines codes.Visual images can portray emotions,
Comments and situation with long lines of computer language.
o Provides shortcuts:-
GUI lets users take advantage of shortcut keys to minimize
Strokes. A combination of two keys in place of several action
saves the user time and increases productivity.

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DISADVANTAGES
o May consume more screen space
o Require a more powerful process and better graphics
display.
o Slower when executing a command.
o Takes more disk space

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