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	Encyclopedia: History of the GUI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Macintosh's GUI has been frequently revised with time since 1984, with major updates including System 7, and underwent its largest revision with the introduction of the "Aqua" interface in 2001's Mac OS X.
		Windows 1.0 was a GUI (graphic user interface) for the MS-DOS operating system that had been the OS of choice for IBM PC and compatible computers since 1981.
		The GUI has seen major and minor redesign since, notably the addition of Finder-like file-management to the desktop in Windows 95 ("Chicago"), the much-debated browser integration of Windows 98, and the cosmetic tweaks and Wizard-ization brought to the fore in Windows XP ("Luna").
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-the-GUI (1931 words)

	Graphical user interface -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The term GUI is similarly used synonymously with a WIMP system, and most modern GUIs are certainly WIMPs, although occasionally other metaphors surface, such as (Click link for more info and facts about Microsoft Bob) Microsoft Bob, 3dwm or (partially) (Click link for more info and facts about FSV) FSV.
		The GUI is generally contrasted with the (A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon) command line interface (CLI), an earlier, text-only interface that required the user to type in commands or text strings to cause the computer to take some action.
		Between these two types but more similar to GUIs are (Click link for more info and facts about text user interface) text user interfaces (TUIs) that display the same types of widgets as a GUI but in a character-cell text mode rather than in a pixel-based graphics mode.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/graphical_user_interface.htm (858 words)

	Guessing game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The server selects a word(s) for a person to draw, while the rest try to guess in the chat window.
		- A guessing game for all would-be reincarnations of the Big Guy.
		Wrapper's IRC Games - TrivBot is a IRC trivia game with teams and solo play.
	www.nebulasearch.com /encyclopedia/article/Guessing_game.html (353 words)

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