AI engineering glossary · Computing foundations
What is GUI (graphical user interface)?
Graphical user interface (also called GUI): A way of using a computer by interacting with visual elements such as windows, icons, buttons and menus, using a mouse or touch. It is easier for beginners than typing commands but less easy to automate.
Graphical user interface: an example
Dragging a file into a folder on your desktop is an action in a graphical interface.
Related terms
More Computing foundations terms
- Graphics processing unit
- Half-precision floating point
- Hard disk drive
- Hard link
- Hash function
- Heap
- Hexadecimal
- Hyper-threading
Where you learn it
Graphical user interface is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.