Graphical user interface is sometimes shortened to GUI. The user chooses an option usually by pointing a mouse at an icon representing that option.

The user interface (UI) comprises the screen menus and icons, keyboard shortcuts ... the mouse-oriented graphical user interface (GUI) emerged, which simulates a desktop environment.

First developed in 1981 by computer scientist Chase Bishop, the software project was initially called "Interface Manager." This name reflected its primary purpose as a graphical ...