interface

See also interfacé

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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

Noun

interface (plural interfaces)

1. The point of interconnection between entities.

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

2. (chemistry, physics) A 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.

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

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

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

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

   The options are selected via the user interface.

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

   This interface is implemented by several Java classes.

6. (computing, object-oriented) In 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.

Derived terms

Derived terms

abstract interface generic interface marker interface

network interface user interface

Translations

The point of interconnection between 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)
• Jèrriais: întèrfache f
• 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

(chemistryCategory:en:Chemistry, physicsCategory:en:Physics) A thin layer or boundary between different substances, or phases of a single substance

• Greek: διεπιφάνεια (el) (diepifáneia) f
• Polish: granica międzyfazowa (pl) f

• Romanian: suprafață de separare (ro)
• Sindhi: باهَمرُو (sd) (baahamroo)

(computinginterface) The point of interconnection between 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) (interfejs) m
• Sindhi: باهَمرُو (sd) (baahamroo)
• Swedish: gränssnitt (sv) n
• Turkish: arayüz (tr)

(computinginterface) The connection between a user and a machine

• Czech: rozhraní (cs) n
• Dutch: interface (nl) m
• German: Schnittstelle (de) f
• Greek: διεπαφή (el) (diepafí) f
• Macedonian: посредник (mk) (pósrednik) m

• Polish: interfejs (pl) m
• Romanian: interfață (ro)
• Russian: интерфейс (ru) (interféjs) m
• Sindhi: باهمرُو (sd) (baahamroo)
• Turkish: arayüz (tr)

(computinginterface, object-oriented) The connection between parts of software

• German: Schnittstelle (de) f

• Turkish: arayüz (tr)

(computinginterface, object-oriented) A piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement

• Czech: rozhraní (cs) n
• Dutch: interface (nl) m
• German: Schnittstelle (de) f
• Macedonian: посредник (mk) (pósrednik) m

• Polish: interfejs (pl) m
• Romanian: interfață (ro)
• Russian: интерфейс (ru) (interféjs) m
• Turkish: arayüz (tr)

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)
• Jèrriais: întèrfachi

• Macedonian: посредува (mk) (posréduva)
• Malay: mengantaramukakan (ms)

intransitive

• Greek: έχω διεπαφή με, διεφάπτομαι με

• Macedonian: посредува (mk) (posréduva)

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Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

interface f (plural interfaces)

1. interface

Verb

interface

1. first-person singular present indicative of interfacer
2. third-person singular present indicative of interfacer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of interfacer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of interfacer
5. second-person singular imperative of interfacer