INTERFACE

interface

(noun) (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)

interface, port

(noun) (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)

interface

(noun) the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other; “the interface between chemistry and biology”

interface, user interface

(noun) (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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

From inter- (between) + face (shape, figure, form).

Noun

interface (plural interfaces)

The point of interconnection or contact between entities.

(chemistry, physics) A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.

(computing) The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.

(computing) The connection between a user and a machine.

(computing, object-oriented) The connection between parts of software.

(computing, object-oriented) In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.

(biochemistry) The internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).

Hyponyms

((computing) connection between a user and a machine):

• command-line interface

• user interface

((computing, OOP) connection between parts of software):

• abstract interface

• application programming interface

• generic interface

• marker interface

• network interface

• programming interface

Verb

interface (third-person singular simple present interfaces, present participle interfacing, simple past and past participle interfaced)

(transitive) To construct an interface for.

(ambitransitive) To connect through an interface.

(intransitive) To serve as an interface.

(business, intransitive) To meet for discussion.

Anagrams

• re infecta

Source: Wiktionary

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