interface

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The point of interconnection or contact between entities.

   • Public relations firms often serve as the interface between a company and the press.
2. 2

   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.
   • The surface of a lake is a water-air interface.
3. 3

   The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.

   • The data is sent over the air interface to the remote system.
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   1. 4

      The connection between a user and a machine.

      • The options are selected via the user interface.
   2. 5

      The connection between parts of software

      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.
   3. 6

      In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other…

      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.
   4. 7

      In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection)…

      In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.

   5. 8

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

   6. 9

      To construct an interface for.

   7. 10

      To connect through an interface.

   8. 11

      To serve as an interface.

   9. 12

      To meet for discussion.

      • Let's interface on Wednesday.

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