User Interface

Question 1

User Interface

Answer 1

This means by which the user and computer system interact

Question 2

Graphical User Interface (GUI)

Answer 2

Visual way of interacting with a computer using items such as windows, icons and menus, used by most modern operating systems

Question 3

Pointer

Answer 3

A symbol that appears on the display screen and that you move to select objects and commands

Question 4

Icons

Answer 4

Small pictures that represent commands, files or windows

Question 5

Desktop

Answer 5

The area on the display screen where icons are intended to represent real objects on a real desktop

Question 6

Windows

Answer 6

You can divide the screen into different areas. In each window you can run a different program or display a different file. You can move windows around the display screen, and change their shape and size at will

Question 7

Menu

Answer 7

Most graphical user interface let you execute commands by selecting choice from a menu

Question 8

MS Windows, MacOS, Linux

Answer 8

All these generally use:

Use a mouse to control objects and behaviours

Use Windows, icons and menus

Run Software, open files etc

Shortcuts to opening programs or documents

Switching between tasks and operations

Dialog Boxes