GUI

GUI stands for Graphical User Interface and is a common human-computer interface type used almost universally on today's PCs and laptops. Microsoft Windows is the GUI most people are familiar with. GUIs are characterized by desktop icons, menus, and dialogue boxes. Users are able to execute programs and access application software by "double-clicking" the appropriate icon or applet. This is opposed to working on a command-line interface (CLI) that requires the user to type in sometimes long and complicated text strings to achieve the same goals. The IT-100 has a GUI referred to as CoreVista Web®. See the term CoreVista Web in this glossary for more information.