interface

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɪntɚˌfeɪs/, SAMPA: /"Int@`%feIs/

Noun

interface (plural interfaces)

1. The point of interconnection between two entities.

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

2. (computing) The point of interconnection between two systems or subsystems.

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

3. (computing) The connection between a user and a machine.

   The options are selected via the user interface.

4. (computing) The connection between parts of object-oriented software.

   This interface is implemented by several Java classes.

5. (chemistry, physics) A thin layer or boundary between two different substances or two phases of a single substance.

   For example, if water and oil are mixed together, they tend to separate, and at equilibrium they are in two different strata with an oil-water interface in between.

   The surface of a lake is a water-air interface.

6. (computing) In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.

Derived terms

• network interface
• user interface

Translations

the point of interconnection between two entities

Arabic: تعشيق (taʕšīq) m. Chinese: 接口 (jiēkǒu) Czech: rozhraní (cs) n., styčná plocha (cs) f. Dutch: koppeling (nl) f., aansluiting (nl) f., raakpunt (nl) n. Esperanto: interfaco French: interface (fr) f. German: Schnittstelle f. Greek: διεπαφή (el) (diepafí) f., διεπιφάνεια (el) (diepifáneia) f. Hebrew: ממשק (he) m. Hungarian: határfelület, illesztőegység

Italian: interfacciamento (it) m. (2,3), interfaccia (it) f. (all) Japanese: インターフェース (intāfēsu) Macedonian: посредник (mk) (pósrednik) m. Norwegian (Bokmål): grensesnitt (no) n. Portuguese: interface (pt) f. Romanian: interfață (ro) Russian: интерфейс (ru) (interféjs) m. Sindhi: باهمرُو Spanish: interfaz (es) f. Swedish: gränssnitt (sv) n.

(computing) the point of interconnection between two systems or subsystems

Arabic: واجٍهَة (ar) Czech: rozhraní (cs) n. Dutch: interface (nl) m. German: Schnittstelle (de) f. Greek: διεπαφή (el) (diepafí) f.

Macedonian: посредник (mk) (pósrednik) m. Norwegian: grensesnitt (no) n. Romanian: interfață (ro) Russian: интерфейс (ru) m. Swedish: gränssnitt (sv) n. Turkish: arayüz (tr)

(computing) the connection between a user and a machine

Czech: rozhraní (cs) n. Dutch: interface (nl) m. Greek: διεπαφή (el) (diepafí) f.

Macedonian: посредник (mk) (pósrednik) m. Romanian: interfață (ro) Russian: интерфейс (ru) (interféjs) m.

(computing) in object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement

Czech: rozhraní (cs) n. Dutch: interface (nl) m.

Macedonian: посредник (mk) (pósrednik) m. Romanian: interfață (ro) Russian: интерфейс (ru) (interféjs) m.

(chemistry, physics) a thin layer or boundary between two different substances or two phases of a single substance

Greek: διεπιφάνεια (el) (diepifáneia) f.

Romanian: suprafață de separare (ro)

Verb

interface (third-person singular simple present interfaces, present participle interfacing, simple past and past participle interfaced)

1. (transitive) to construct an interface for, to connect through an interface
2. (intransitive) to be an interface, to be into an interface

Translations

transitive

Greek: φέρω σε διεπαφή, διεφάπτω (el) (diefápto)

Macedonian: посредува (mk) (posréduva)

intransitive

Greek: έχω διεπαφή με, διεφάπτομαι με Macedonian: посредува (mk) (posréduva)

Russian: ёбаная пизда (ru) (yobanaya pizda)