interfaces

Noun

interface (plural interfaces)

1. The point of interconnection or contact between entities.
   • 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.
   • 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.
3. The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.
   • The data is sent over the air interface to the remote system.
4. The connection between a user and a machine.
   • The options are selected via the user interface.
5. (object-oriented programming) 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.
6. (object-oriented programming) 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.

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