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Hey guys, i've been researching the Command Line Interface and GUI quite a bit.
What i don't get it; what were computer like before the CLI?
Like the CLI let people use spreadsheets and play games like Pong; but without the CLI, what was the interface??


??? -->Command Line Interface (CLI) --> Graphical User Interface (GUI)
 

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What do you mean? Before command lines there were just switches and lights.
 

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Ohh, i had a feeling there was another form of interface before it, but okay that makes sense. Thanks :cool:

So if computers worked by physically changing switches and stuff, what could they really do? :/
Like if there's no screen for it to output any information, what would a computer be used for?
 

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