interface
/ˈɪn(t)ɚˌfeɪs/ noun C1- The point of interconnection or contact between entities. · Public relations firms often serve as the interface between a company and the press.
- A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance. · The surface of a lake is a water-air interface.
- The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems. · The data is sent over the air interface to the remote system.
- The connection between a user and a machine. · The options are selected via the user interface.
- The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module. · This interface is implemented by several Java classes.
- 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.
- In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.
- The internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).
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