Thank you for that answer. But what does a "graphical user interface" do? Is it a way to make a piece of software usable without having to write code, like for example a window with a menu? Or is it something else?
Meg
--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Chris <usabecker@...> wrote:
>
> >>I keep hearing the term "GUI". What is that?
>
> GUI is the acronymn for 'graphical user interface'.
> You will tend to see it alot because many Linux programs
> actually have several. Some of them are just different
> Deveopers doing the same thing, but in some cases (especially
> for such a flexible program like mysql) you will find different
> GUIs which offer different functions. Or at least, that is my
> very basic understanding of all that. you will also hear GUIs
> ReferreD to as a 'front end'
No comments:
Post a Comment