Window System

Author: Hirohisa Mori / joshua at globalbase.org + [Transrate]Reiko Inoue Bendtsen c/o Suzaku Translations / (http://www.suzaku-translations.com/) +

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Figure Windows System (Macintosh)

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As shown in Fig.(Windows System (Macintosh)) and Fig.(ｃEｃBｃｓｃhｃE(Macintosh)) , a window system is a graphical interface that displays information etc. in rectangular graphical objects called windows on a computer screen or similar. Fig.(ｃEｃBｃｓｃhｃE(Macintosh)) shows an example one such window.

There are basically two types of window systems, overlapping and non-overlapping ones. Overlapping windows can be placed 'on top of each other' as shown in Fig.(Windows System (Macintosh)) . The overlapping processing places a high computational load on the computers, however. Non-overlapping windows, on the other hand, are always arranged horizontally or vertically, and never overlap. As the windows do not overlap, the computational burden is much lighter. For this reason, the former type is primarily used in PCs where the demands for advanced interface functions are high while the latter type is often used in mobile phones, car navigation systems and other embedded systems that require user interfaces but are limited in terms of processing power.

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