interface — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. The point of interconnection or contact between entities.

   Beispiele

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

2. A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.

   Beispiele

   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. The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.

   Beispiele

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

4. The connection between a user and a machine.

   Beispiele

   The options are selected via the user interface.

5. The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module.

   Beispiele

   This interface is implemented by several Java classes.

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   Traits are somewhat between an interface and a mixin, as an interface contains only method signatures, while a trait includes also the full method definitions; on the other side mixins include method definitions, but they can also carry state through attributes, while traits usually don't.

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

   Beispiele

   The Audio and Video classes both implement the IPlayable interface.

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. To construct an interface for.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

2. To connect through an interface.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv oder intransitiv

3. To serve as an interface.

   Gebrauch

   • intransitiv

4. To meet for discussion.

   Gebrauch

   • intransitiv

   Beispiele

   Let's interface on Wednesday.

Substantiv

1. (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)

   Oberbegriffe

   surface

2. (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system

   Synonyme

   user interface

   Oberbegriffe

   programprogrammecomputer programcomputer programme

3. the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other

   Oberbegriffe

   overlapconvergenceintersection

   Beispiele

   the interface between chemistry and biology

4. (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)

   Synonyme

   port

   Oberbegriffe

   computer circuit