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graphical user interface

user interface allowing interaction through graphical icons and visual indicators
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graphical user interface

Summary

graphical user interface is a software feature[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of software_feature entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,412 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • graphical user interface is credited with the discovery of Ivan Sutherland[3].
  • graphical user interface's instance of is recorded as software feature[4].
  • graphical user interface's instance of is recorded as software category[5].
  • graphical user interface is a type of user interface[6].
  • graphical user interface is a type of system software[7].
  • graphical user interface is part of front end[8].
  • graphical user interface's Commons category is recorded as Graphical user interfaces[9].
  • graphical user interface is the opposite of text-based user interface[10].
  • graphical user interface comprises active window[11].
  • graphical user interface's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1973[12].
  • graphical user interface's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Graphical user interfaces[13].
  • graphical user interface's Commons gallery is recorded as Graphical user interface[14].
  • graphical user interface's has contributing factor is recorded as mathematical expression[15].
  • graphical user interface's has contributing factor is recorded as structural formula[16].
  • graphical user interface's has contributing factor is recorded as audiovisual work[17].
  • graphical user interface's has contributing factor is recorded as video game[18].
  • graphical user interface's has characteristic is recorded as look and feel[19].
  • graphical user interface's short name is recorded as графический[20].
  • graphical user interface's different from is recorded as client[21].
  • graphical user interface's different from is recorded as voice user interface[22].
  • graphical user interface's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].
  • graphical user interface's P14541 is recorded as 3DybEf[24].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include software feature[4] and software category[5]. Recorded subclass of include user interface[6] and system software[7]. graphical user interface is the opposite of text-based user interface[10].

Use and Application

graphical user interface comprises active window[11]. It is part of front end[8].

Why It Matters

graphical user interface ranks in the top 4% of software_feature entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,412 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

Alex Martelli AMETEK Crank Antonio Cisternino ArcaOS command-line interface Douglas Engelbart eComStation Haiku Ireland Ivan Sutherland Jonathan Grudin Loren Terveen Macintosh 128K NeXT Computer NMKD Stable Diffusion GUI Nokia Fastlane ontop OxygenOS Plasma Bigscreen RDFox Sampo-UI Sketchpad Sx-window visual programming language Windows Mobile XSane

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · C960657 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id → gui_-_Graphical_User_Interface
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8313]]: gui_-_Graphical_User_Interface"
  2. 10w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Osdev article id → 2346
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14367]]: 2346, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/299327005|GUI (#299327005)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8178|OSDev articles]] #mix'n'match"
  3. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3DybEf
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0259403-graficka-uzivatelska-rozhrani
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0259403-graficka-uzivatelska-rozhrani, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  5. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → front end
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553978505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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