CHAPTER 17
GUI—Getting Started
The interaction of a user with an application on a host is either Command Line Interface (CLI) based or Graphical User Interface (GUI) based. Both forms of interaction have their own plus and minuses. The CLI is more preferred by computer geeks, who remember all the commands and the options available. They are able to work faster with the help of a keyboard. Most of the server-side applications which do not require much interaction are CLI based. A GUI is used for all the interaction with the user. The client-side applications are mostly developed using a GUI interface. In GUI applications the user clicks on a visual screen that has icons, windows and menus.
In GUI, the screen is identified as having been made up ...
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