January 07, 2009

interface

Last modified: Monday, March 17, 2003 

(n.) A boundary across which two independent systems meet and act on or communicate with each other. In computer technology, there are several types of interfaces.
  • user interface - the keyboard, mouse, menus of a computer system. The user interface allows the user to communicate with the operating system. Also see GUI.
  • software interface - the languages and codes that the applications use to communicate with each other and with the hardware.
  • hardware interface - the wires, plugs and sockets that hardware devices use to communicate with each other.

(v.) To connect with or interact with by means of an interface.

 
Related Categories

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)

Related Terms

API

APM

CLI

gesture recognition

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haptic

haptic interface

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HLLAPI

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parallel interface

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Serial ATA

skin

SPI

UIML

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WAI

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