GUI and CLI

Question 1

CLI

Answer 1

A text based interface, in which the user is commonly presented with a prompt to enter a command

Question 2

GUI

Answer 2

An interface consisting of graphical elements (e.g. buttons), that is used by developers to present information to users in a graphical format.

Question 3

CLI Adv.’s

Answer 3

More detail oriented —> granularity

Faster/quicker management of a large number of files

Ability to combine and save commonly used group of commands

Question 4

CLI Dis Adv.’s

Answer 4

Communicate with software by text only;

Must memorise syntax and commands;

Different commands used in different shells