FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
GUIs are sometimes called WIMPs. “M” in WIMP stand for
A
Monitor
B
Menu
C
Mouse
D
Mark
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -WIMP stands for Windows, Icons, Menus and Pointers (or maybe Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pull-down menus). WIMP is the style of graphical user interface that uses the above-mentioned common widgets.

Detailed explanation-2: -A graphics-based operating system interface that uses icons, menus and a mouse (to click on the icon or pull down the menus) to manage interaction with the system.

Detailed explanation-3: -Any interface that uses graphics can be called a GUI, and WIMP systems derive from such systems. However, while all WIMP systems use graphics as a key element (the icon and pointer elements), and therefore are GUIs, the reverse is not true. Some GUIs are not based in windows, icons, menus, and pointers.

Detailed explanation-4: -: a weak, cowardly, or ineffectual person.

Detailed explanation-5: -WIMP is not a synonym for a GUI. WIMP describes a type of GUI and GUI’s such as Android and iOS do not use a WIMP type of interaction. Today, computer operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Apple macOS are interacted with using WIMP.

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