Interface

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A surface forming a common boundary between adjacent regions, bodies, substances, or phases.
  • n. A point at which independent systems or diverse groups interact: "the interface between crime and politics where much of our reality is to be found” ( Jack Kroll).
  • n. Computer Science The point of interaction or communication between a computer and any other entity, such as a printer or human operator.
  • n. Computer Science The layout of an application's graphic or textual controls in conjunction with the way the application responds to user activity: an interface whose icons were hard to remember.
  • v. To join by means of an interface.
  • v. To serve as an interface for.
  • verb-intransitive. To serve as an interface or become interfaced.
  • verb-intransitive. To interact or coordinate smoothly: "Theatergoers were lured out of their seats and interfaced with the scenery” ( New York Times).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The point of interconnection between two entities.
  • n. A thin layer or boundary between two different substances or two phases of a single substance.
  • n. The point of interconnection between two systems or subsystems.
  • n. The connection between a user and a machine.
  • n. The connection between parts of software.
  • n. In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
  • v. to construct an interface for, to connect through an interface
  • v. to be an interface, to be into an interface
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. a surface forming a common boundary between two things, especially between two fluids.
  • n. hardware that links one device with another (especially a computer).
  • n. That part of a computer program which controls the way a program interacts with a user; the manner of inputting and outputting of data, and the way information is presented on a computer monitor; also called user interface.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A plane surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)
  • n. (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system
  • n. (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)
  • n. the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other
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