interface

Meaning

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. (transitive) To construct an interface for.
2. (ambitransitive) To connect through an interface.
3. (intransitive) To serve as an interface.
4. (intransitive) To meet for discussion.

Synonyms

user interface

connection

interfacing

junction

link

🔗

accommodation

port

harmonization

boundary surface

catenation

computer

💻

concatenate

concatenation

conjunction

connect

connected

connective

coordination

co-ordination

couple

👫

coupled

crossroads

embody

fastening

fit together

hookup

interact

interaction

interconnection

intersection

join

joint

juncture

linkage

linking

marry

mate

🧉

microcomputer

nexus

personal computer

separatrix

siamese

terminal

tie

together

turnoff

subscriber line

Interface

interlinkage

seismic discontinuity

Translations

interface

interfaz

Schnittstelle

interface

interface

Interface

interfaccia

arayüz

διεπαφή

interfície

Grenzfläche

interfacer

διεπιφάνεια

υποδοχή

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪntəfeɪs/

Etymology

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

Sentences

It combines an object-oriented type system , syntax-directed translation schemes and a target-language interface .