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Desktop environment and Icon (computing)

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Difference between Desktop environment and Icon (computing)

Desktop environment vs. Icon (computing)

In computing, a desktop environment (DE) is an implementation of the desktop metaphor made of a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system, which share a common graphical user interface (GUI), sometimes described as a graphical shell. In computing, an icon is a pictogram or ideogram displayed on a computer screen in order to help the user navigate a computer system or mobile device.

Similarities between Desktop environment and Icon (computing)

Desktop environment and Icon (computing) have 7 things in common (in Unionpedia): Computing, Desktop metaphor, Graphical user interface, Icon (computing), Widget (GUI), WIMP (computing), Window (computing).

Computing

Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computers.

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Desktop metaphor

In computing, the desktop metaphor is an interface metaphor which is a set of unifying concepts used by graphical user interfaces to help users interact more easily with the computer.

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Graphical user interface

The graphical user interface (GUI), is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation, instead of text-based user interfaces, typed command labels or text navigation.

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Icon (computing)

In computing, an icon is a pictogram or ideogram displayed on a computer screen in order to help the user navigate a computer system or mobile device.

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Widget (GUI)

A control element (sometimes called a control or widget) in a graphical user interface is an element of interaction, such as a button or a scroll bar.

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WIMP (computing)

In human–computer interaction, WIMP stands for "windows, icons, menus, pointer", denoting a style of interaction using these elements of the user interface.

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Window (computing)

In computing, a window is a graphical control element.

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Desktop environment and Icon (computing) Comparison

Desktop environment has 124 relations, while Icon (computing) has 77. As they have in common 7, the Jaccard index is 3.48% = 7 / (124 + 77).

References

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