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User interface

In the industrial design field of human–computer interaction, a user interface (UI) is the space where interactions between humans and machines occur. The goal of this interaction is to allow effective operation and control of the machine from the human end, while the machine simultaneously feeds back information that aids the operators' decision-making…

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User interface

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Avg. degree1.99
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related to 1968–present: Graphical user interface · 51
User interface → Apple, Apple Macintosh, Apple's Mac, AT, Bell Labs, Blit, Center, Commercial, Digital Research, DMD, Douglas Engelbart, GUI, GUIs, IBM, Icons, Lisa, Mac OS, Mac1988, Macintosh, Macintosh II
related to Types · 45
User interface → Apple, Attentive, Batch, CLIs, Command, Conversational, Crossing-based, Direct, English, Gesture, Graphical, GUI, Hardware, Holographic, Intelligent, It, Microsoft's Clippy, Motion, Multi-screen, Natural-language
related to A model of design criteria: User Experience Honeycomb · 18
User interface → Accessible, An, Are, Credible, Desirable, Does, Findable, Google, If, Information, Is, It, Peter Morville, The, Usable, Useful, User Experience Honeycomb, Valuable
related to Terminology · 18
User interface → An, Another, For, HCI, HMI, Host, However, In, Manufacturing Execution System, MES, MMI, OIC, OIT, Other, The, There, Where, Without
related to 1985: SAA user interface or text-based user interface · 13
User interface → Common User Access, CUA, F2, IBM, In, Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS, Open, SAA, Systems Application Architecture, This, Windows, Windows Console Applications
related to Gallery · 10
User interface → CNC, CNC-machineEmergency, German, German Intercity-Express, Google Glass, Historic HMI, HMI, Japan, Slightly, Wearable
related to 1945–1968: Batch interface · 5
User interface → In, The, User, Users, With
related to overview · 4
User interface → Human Machine Interface, In, Membrane, The
related to External links · 2
User interface → Conference, History
see also · 2
User interface → Adaptive, GUIUsewareVirtual

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user interface interfaces human computer machine input system design used systems application users interaction gui one use cui graphical information

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a computer keyboardinstance ofaccept input via devices0.80text
mouseinstance ofaccept input via devices0.80text
provide articulated graphical output on the computer monitorinstance ofaccept input via devices0.80text
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User interfacerelated to 1968–present: Graphical user interfaceDouglas Engelbart0.60section
User interfacerelated to 1968–present: Graphical user interfaceNLS0.60section
User interfacerelated to 1968–present: Graphical user interfaceResearchers0.60section
User interfacerelated to 1968–present: Graphical user interfaceXerox Palo Alto Research0.60section

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