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
From inter- (between) + face (shape, figure, form).
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).
((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
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.
• re infecta
Source: Wiktionary
21 May 2024
(verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception; “Fudge the figures”; “cook the books”; “falsify the data”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
