English Explanatory Dictionary

interface

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The point of interconnection or contact between entities.
  2. A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.
  3. The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.
  4. The connection between a user and a machine.
  5. The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module.
  6. In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
  7. In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.
  8. The internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).
verb
  1. To construct an interface for.
  2. To connect through an interface.
  3. To serve as an interface.
  4. To meet for discussion.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪntəfeɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-interface.wav /ˈɪn(t)ɚˌfeɪs/

Word forms

interface interfaces interfacing interfaced

Etymology

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

Related words

mixin trait

Derived words

10-foot user interface basic rate interface biointerface character user interface command line interface concrete interface fluent interface Gillham interface graphical user interface haptic interface heterointerface homointerface human interface device interfaceable interface hypothesis interfaceless interface segregation principle interfacial marker interface pattern nanointerface natural user interface network interface card network interface controller neurointerface noninterface non-virtual interface non-virtual interface pattern primary rate interface pseudointerface subinterface superinterface tagging interface

Translations

Arabic: تَعْشِيق Arabic: وَاجِهَة Belarusian: інтэрфе́йс Belarusian: інтэрфэ́йс Bulgarian: и́нтерфейс Chinese Mandarin: 接口 Cornish: ynterfas Czech: rozhraní Czech: styčná plocha Dutch: koppeling Dutch: aansluiting Dutch: raakpunt Esperanto: interfaco Finnish: liittymäkohta Finnish: rajapinta Finnish: yhtymäkohta French: interface German: Schnittstelle Greek: διεπαφή Greek: διεπιφάνεια Hindi: राब्ता Hindi: वास्ता Hungarian: határfelület Hungarian: illesztőegység Japanese: インターフェース Korean: 인터페이스 Macedonian: посредник Malay: antara muka Māori: arotuki Norman: întèrfache Norwegian Bokmål: grensesnitt Norwegian Nynorsk: grensesnitt Persian: رابط Persian: واسط Polish: styk Portuguese: interface Romanian: interfață Russian: интерфе́йс Serbo-Croatian: interfejs Serbo-Croatian: sučelje Sindhi: باهمرُو Spanish: interfaz Swedish: gränssnitt Swedish: beröringspunkt Turkish: arayüz Ukrainian: інтерфе́йс Welsh: rhyngwyneb Finnish: toimia rajapintana Greek: έχω διεπαφή με Greek: διεφάπτομαι με Italian: interfacciarsi Macedonian: посредува Polish: pośredniczyć
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