Interfaces

noun

/ˈɪntəfeɪs/

Word Frequency: 5.6

Definitions

1.nounThe point of interconnection or contact between entities.

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

2.nounA 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."

3.nounThe point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.

"The data is sent over the air interface to the remote system."

4.nounThe connection between a user and a machine.

"The options are selected via the user interface."

5.nounThe connection between parts of software.

"This interface is implemented by several Java classes."

6.nounIn 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."

7.nounThe internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).