interface

== English == === Etymology === From inter- (“between”) +‎ face (“shape, figure, form”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪntəfeɪs/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɪn(t)ɚˌfeɪs/ Hyphenation: inter‧face === Noun === interface (plural interfaces) The point of interconnection or contact between entities. (chemistry, physics) A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance. (computing) The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems. (computing) The connection between a user and a machine. (object-oriented programming) The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module. (object-oriented programming) In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement. (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. (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) → Latvian: interfeiss → Russian: интерфе́йс (interféjs)→ Kazakh: интерфейс (interfeis) → Turkish: ayarüz (calque) → Ukrainian: інтерфе́йс (interféjs) ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== interface on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Verb === interface (third-person singular simple present interfaces, present participle interfacing, simple past and past participle interfaced) (transitive) To construct an interface for. (ambitransitive) To connect through an interface. (intransitive) To serve as an interface. (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) interface (object-oriented programming) interface === Verb === interface inflection of interfacer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive 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) interface (point of interconnection between entities) (computing) interface (point of interconnection between systems or subsystems) (computing) interface (connection between a user and a machine) (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. === Further reading === “interface”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026