On 09Mar2011 22:58, Chris <usabecker@gmail.com> wrote:
| >>I keep hearing the term "GUI". What is that?
|
| GUI is the acronymn for 'graphical user interface'.
| [...] you will also hear GUIs ReferreD to as a 'front end'.
This latter case will be because the underlying tool the GUI is being
used to operate is often a command line tool. So the GUI provides you,
the user, with a nice display and set of controls, and then runs a
command line tool for you when you press "go" (in whatever form that
is).
Cheers,
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