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GUI Culture In the era prior to the rise of the GUI, the term “user” was a synonym for “computer programmer,” because using a computer typically required the kind of understanding of information technology that we now associate with computer programmers. Thus, the human and computer interface was a very difficult one. This is largely attributable to the computer’s origin as a mathematical machine, or “number cruncher”: it was assumed that people with the knowledge necessary to understand the mathematical problems the computers were solving were capable of working with cryptic interfaces. In contrast, graphical user interfaces, have made it possible to use information technology without learning cryptic commands or even having a any understanding of how computers work. The result has been an unprecedented diversity in the use of information technology. Around the world, people from all walks of life now use computers in a wonderful variety of ways.
Thus, largely because of the graphical user interface, the information technology industry promotes the division of computer users into at least two groups, each with its own perspective on information technology:
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