Comment on What does non-gui mean ?

• Successful_Try543@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Both definitions seem to be present:

  In computing, text-based user interfaces (TUI) (alternately terminal user interfaces, to reflect a dependence upon the properties of computer terminals and not just text), is a retronym describing a type of user interface (UI) common as an early form of human–computer interaction, before the advent of bitmapped displays and modern conventional graphical user interfaces (GUIs).

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text-based_user_interface

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  • sbeak@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Huh, I didn’t know that. Pretty interesting! I wonder how many acronyms have multiple different long forms…

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