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Operating Systems User Interface Types
Operating Systems
User Interface Types
An important piece of software on your computer is the
Operating System or OS.
1. One OS function is managing files.
2. Another OS function is managing network connections.
3. Another OS function is managing printers and other IO devices.
4. The last thing an OS does is manage the widgets and the look of the user interface.
The user interfaceis the space where interaction between humans and machines occurs.
#4, User Interface design, is a big deal.
Consider this German Train Engine user
interface from the 1800s.
Now, consider the modern German train engine.
User Interface Types
There are 3.Command Line InterfaceMenu Driven Interface
Graphical User Interface
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Identify the following as:
CLI,GUI,MDI
