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interface

/ˈɪntəfeɪs/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The point of interconnection or contact between entities.
  2. A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.
  3. The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.
  4. The connection between a user and a machine.
  5. The connection between parts of software.
  6. In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
  7. To construct an interface for.
  8. To connect through an interface.
  9. To serve as an interface.
  10. To meet for discussion.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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