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User Interface
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The OS enables the user to interact with the software and hardware. Operating systems include two types of this.
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Command-line interface (CLI)
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The user types commands at a prompt
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Graphical user interface (GUI)
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The user interacts with menus and icons,
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Application Programming Interface (API)
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To ensure that a new application is compatible with an OS, programmers follow a set of guidelines. It allows programs to access the resources managed by the operating system in a consistent and reliable manner.
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Open Graphics Library (OpenGL)
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Cross-platform standard specification for multimedia graphics
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DirectX
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Collection of APIs related to multimedia tasks for Microsoft Windows
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Windows API
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Allows applications from older versions of this to operate on newer versions
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Java APIs
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Collection of APIs related to the development of It's programming
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