ＧＵＩ

also: グイ · グーイ · ジーユーアイ

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Meanings

noun

GUI; graphical user interface

computing

Computing term for a visual interface using windows, icons, and pointers, as opposed to a command-line interface.

このアプリはＧＵＩが直ちょっ感かん的てきで使つかいやすい。
This app has an intuitive and easy-to-use GUI.
コマンドラインよりＧＵＩのほうが初しょ心しん者しゃには優やさしい。
A GUI is friendlier for beginners than a command line.

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Usage patterns

ＧＵＩを操作するじーゆーあいをそうさするto operate/use a GUI
初しょ心しん者しゃでもマウスだけでＧＵＩを操そう作さできる。
Even beginners can operate the GUI with just a mouse.
ＧＵＩベースのじーゆーあいべーすの〈物もの〉a GUI-based (application/tool)
このソフトはＧＵＩベースのツールで直ちょっ感かん的てきに使つかえる。
This software is a GUI-based tool that can be used intuitively.

Related words

ユーザーインターフェイス
ユーザーインターフェース is the broader umbrella term covering any way a user interacts with a system, while ＧＵＩ refers specifically to the graphical, icon-based kind.

Opposites

ＣＵＩ
ＣＵＩ is a text-based, command-line interface, the direct opposite of ＧＵＩ's graphical, mouse-and-icon interface.

Written forms

ＧＵＩ
- ジー・ユー・アイ
  Standard full-width Latin alphabet spelling; the most common written form in Japanese computing contexts.
- グイ
- グーイ
グイ
Katakana spelling reflecting a clipped pronunciation; used in casual or spoken contexts.
グーイ
Katakana spelling reflecting a pronunciation with a long vowel; less common than グイ.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'GUI', an acronym for 'graphical user interface'. The reading ジー・ユー・アイ reflects the English letter names, while グイ and グーイ are Japanese approximations.