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Interface
//ˈɪn(t)ɚˌfeɪs// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The point of interconnection or contact between entities.
"Public relations firms often serve as the interface between a company and the press."
- 2 (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases) wordnet
- 3 A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.
"If water and oil are mixed together, they tend to separate, and at equilibrium they are in different strata with an oil-water interface in between."
- 4 (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) wordnet
- 5 The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.
"The data is sent over the air interface to the remote system."
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- 6 the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other wordnet
- 7 The connection between a user and a machine.
"The options are selected via the user interface."
- 8 (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 wordnet
- 9 The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module.
"This interface is implemented by several Java classes."
- 10 In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
"The Audio and Video classes both implement the IPlayable interface."
- 11 In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.
- 12 The internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).
Verb
- 1 To construct an interface for. transitive
- 2 To connect through an interface. ambitransitive
- 3 To serve as an interface. intransitive
- 4 To meet for discussion. intransitive
"Let's interface on Wednesday."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From inter- (“between”) + face (“shape, figure, form”).
Etymology 2
From inter- (“between”) + face (“shape, figure, form”).
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