interface

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntəfeɪs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn(t)ɚˌfeɪs/
• Hyphenation: inter‧face
• Rhymes: -eɪs

Noun

interface (plural interfaces)

1. The point of interconnection or contact between entities.

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

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

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

5. (object-oriented programming) The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module,

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

7. (object-oriented programming) In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.
8. (biochemistry) The internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Armenian: միջերես (miǰeres) (calque)
• → Japanese: インターフェース (intāfēsu)
• → Korean: 인터페이스 (inteopeiseu)
• → Russian: интерфе́йс (interféjs)
  • → Kazakh: интерфейс (interfeis)
• → Turkish: ayarüz (calque)

Translations

References

• interface on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

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

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

Translations

See also

• mixin
• trait

Anagrams

• re infecta

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fas/

Noun

interface f (plural interfaces)

1. interface
2. (object-oriented programming) interface

Verb

interface

1. inflection of interfacer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “interface”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English interface.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧fa‧ce

Noun

interface f or m (plural interfaces)

1. interface (point of interconnection between entities)
2. (computing) interface (point of interconnection between systems or subsystems)
3. (computing) interface (connection between a user and a machine)
4. (object-oriented programming) interface (piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:interface.