Question

Which of the following company/industry invented the graphical user interface?

1. Google
2. Microsoft
3. Apple
4. Xerox

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Xerox

The correct solution is Xerox.

• Xerox company/industry invented the graphical user interface.

• The graphical user interface
  • ​The graphical user interface developed in the late 1970s by the Xerox Palo Alto research laboratory.
  • It was deployed commercially in Apple’s Macintosh and Microsoft’s Windows operating systems.
  • It was designed as a response to the problem of inefficient usability in early, text-based command-line interfaces.

• The graphical user interface
  • ​GUI stands for the graphical user interface. A GUI is a human-computer interface.
  • It uses windows, icons and menus to enable easy interaction.