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  2. Graphical user interface - Wikipedia

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    Graphical user interface. A graphical user interface (GUI) showing various elements: radio buttons, checkboxes, and other elements. A graphical user interface, or GUI ( / ˈɡuːi / [1] [2] GOO-ee ), is a form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary ...

  3. Computer graphics - Wikipedia

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    Computer graphics deals with generating images and art with the aid of computers. Computer graphics is a core technology in digital photography, film, video games, digital art, cell phone and computer displays, and many specialized applications. A great deal of specialized hardware and software has been developed, with the displays of most ...

  4. User identifier - Wikipedia

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    User identifier. Unix-like operating systems identify a user by a value called a user identifier, often abbreviated to user ID or UID. The UID, along with the group identifier (GID) and other access control criteria, is used to determine which system resources a user can access. The password file maps textual user names to UIDs.

  5. User (computing) - Wikipedia

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    t. e. A user is a person who utilizes a computer or network service. A user often has a user account and is identified to the system by a username (or user name ). [a] Some software products provide services to other systems and have no direct end users .

  6. Avatar (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Avatar (computing) In computing, an avatar is a graphical representation of a user, the user's character, or persona. Avatars can be two-dimensional icons in Internet forums and other online communities, where they are also known as profile pictures, userpics, or formerly picons (personal icons, or possibly "picture icons"). Alternatively, an ...

  7. Computer graphics (computer science) - Wikipedia

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    Computer graphics studies manipulation of visual and geometric information using computational techniques. It focuses on the mathematical and computational foundations of image generation and processing rather than purely aesthetic issues. Computer graphics is often differentiated from the field of visualization, although the two fields have ...

  8. Glossary of computer graphics - Wikipedia

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    Geometry that can be drawn by a rasterizer or graphics processing unit, connecting vertices, e.g. points, lines, triangles, quadrilaterals. Rendering resources. Data managed by a graphics API, typically held in device memory, including vertex buffers, index buffers, texture maps and framebuffers. Repeating texture.

  9. Real-time computer graphics - Wikipedia

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    Real-time computer graphics or real-time rendering is the sub-field of computer graphics focused on producing and analyzing images in real time. The term can refer to anything from rendering an application's graphical user interface ( GUI ) to real-time image analysis , but is most often used in reference to interactive 3D computer graphics ...