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[[File:Midnight Commander (2005) en.png|thumb|300px|Some [[file manager]]s implement a TUI (''here: [[Midnight Commander]]'')]]

[[File:Kurd kurd.jpg|alt=|thumb|201x201px|Yusuf Kurdo]]

[[File:Vim-%28logiciel%29-console.png|thumb|300px|[[Vim (text editor)|Vim]] is a very widely used TUI text editor]]

[[File:Kurdstan.jpg|alt=Hawlerakam|thumb|400x400px|Kurdstanakam]]

'''Text-based user interfaces''' ('''TUI'''), alternately '''terminal user interfaces''', to reflect a dependence upon the properties of computer terminals and not just text, is a [[retronym]] parallel to the concept of [[graphical user interface]]s (GUI). Like GUIs, they may use the entire screen area and accept [[mouse (computing)|mouse]] and other inputs. They may also use color and often structure the display using special graphical characters such as ┌ and ╣, referred to in [[Unicode]] as the "box drawing" set. The modern context of use is usually a [[terminal emulator]].