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Table Of Contents  CertiGuide to A+ (A+ 4 Real)
 9  Chapter 1: What are Operating Systems and How Do They Work?
      9  Operating System Features
           9  CDI versus GUI Interface

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Graphical User Interface

A graphical user interface, or GUI, is navigated by a combination of a keyboard and pointing device like a mouse, touch pad or track ball. This type of interface presents information in a graphical manner, and uses its ability to display visually lists of commands, programs, and data files to replace much of the typing required in a CDI.

Figure 4 shows the Windows 2000 file viewer GUI, known as Explorer. Most file management functions can be accomplished by moving the mouse; in a GUI very little typing is required.


Figure 4: Windows Explorer GUI Interface Window

 

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