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ShareA graphical user interface (or GUI, often pronounced "gooey"), is a particular case of user interface for interacting with a computer which employs graphical images and widgets in addition to text to represent the information and actions available to the user.
Usually the actions are performed through direct manipulation of the graphical elements.
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