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interface in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)
    interface 
  2. (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  port 
  3. the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other
    "the interface between chemistry and biology"
    interface 
  4. (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
    interface  user interface 
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interface in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) The point of interconnection between two entities.
  2. (noun) (computing) The point of interconnection between two systems or subsystems.
  3. (noun) (computing) The connection between a user and a machine.
  4. (noun) (context/chemistry/physics) A thin layer or boundary between two different substances or two phases of a single substance.
  5. (noun) (computing) In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
  6. (verb) (transitive) to construct an interface for, to connect through an interface
  7. (verb) (intransitive) to be an interface, to be into an interface
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