what are the differences between CUI and GUI interfaces?

Answer Posted / zaid ahmar

The operating system is classified into GUI and CUI, based on the way it interacts with the user:

GUI- It is also known as graphical user interface. This is graphic based and interactive in nature.You can use several devices like mouse, keyboard, etc to interact with the system. Windows is the most popular GUI in use nowadays.

CUI- It is also known as character user interface. This type of operating system requires you to type commands in order to interact with the system. UNIX and MS DOS are popular CUIs in use today.

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