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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 (2,522 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 is a type of user interface[5].
  • graphical user interface's Commons category is recorded as Graphical user interfaces[6].
  • graphical user interface is the opposite of text-based user interface[7].
  • graphical user interface comprises active window[8].
  • graphical user interface's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1973[9].
  • graphical user interface's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Graphical user interfaces[10].
  • graphical user interface's Commons gallery is recorded as Graphical user interface[11].
  • graphical user interface's has contributing factor is recorded as mathematical expression[12].
  • graphical user interface's has contributing factor is recorded as structural formula[13].
  • graphical user interface's has contributing factor is recorded as audiovisual work[14].
  • graphical user interface's has contributing factor is recorded as video game[15].
  • graphical user interface's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'графический'}[16].
  • graphical user interface's different from is recorded as client[17].
  • graphical user interface's different from is recorded as voice user interface[18].
  • graphical user interface's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].

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Definition and Type

graphical user interface's instance of is recorded as software feature[4]. It is a type of user interface[5]. It is the opposite of text-based user interface[7].

Use and Application

graphical user interface comprises active window[8].

Why It Matters

graphical user interface ranks in the top 4% of software_feature entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,522 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0259403-graficka-uzivatelska-rozhrani
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  2. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Q70507976
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553978505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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