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    interface
    /ˈɪntəfeɪs/

    noun

    • 1. a point where two systems, subjects, organizations, etc. meet and interact: "the interface between accountancy and the law"
    • 2. a device or program enabling a user to communicate with a computer: "a graphical user interface"

    verb

    • 1. interact with (another system, person, etc.): "you will interface with counterparts from sister companies"
    • 2. connect with (another computer or piece of equipment) by an interface: "the hotel's computer system can interface automatically with the booking system"

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  2. a connection between two pieces of electronic equipment, or between a person and a computer: My computer has a network interface, which allows me to get to other computers. The new version of the program comes with a much better user interface (= way of showing information to a user) than the original.

  3. The meaning of INTERFACE is the place at which independent and often unrelated systems meet and act on or communicate with each other. How to use interface in a sentence.

  4. a connection between two pieces of electronic equipment, or between a person and a computer: My computer has a network interface, which allows me to get to other computers. The new version of the program comes with a much better user interface (= way of showing information to a user) than the original.

  5. Any common boundary or area of convergence can be an interface. Used as a verb, interface means to merge or mingle, bonding and synthesizing by communicating and working together. The word interface is comprised of the prefix inter, which means "between," and face.

  6. the facts, problems, considerations, theories, practices, etc., shared by two or more disciplines, procedures, or fields of study: the interface between chemistry and physics. a common boundary or interconnection between systems, equipment, concepts, or human beings. communication or interaction:

  7. The interface between two subjects or systems is the area in which they affect each other.

  8. a connection between two pieces of electronic equipment, or between a person and a computer: a simple user interface. interface noun [C] (COME TOGETHER) a situation, method, or place where two things can come together and have an effect on each other: the interface between technology and tradition. interface. verb [ I, T ] uk / ˈɪntəˌfeɪs / us.

  9. (computing) an electrical circuit, connection or program that joins one device or system to another. the interface between computer and printer. interface (between A and B) the point where two subjects, systems, etc. meet and affect each other. the interface between manufacturing and sales.

  10. INTERFACE meaning: 1 : the place or area at which different things meet and communicate with or affect each other; 2 : a system that is used for operating a computer a system that controls the way information is shown to a computer user and the way the user is able to work with the computer.

  11. 1. a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases. 2. the area shared by or linking two or more disciplines or fields of study. 3. a common boundary or interconnection between systems, equipment, concepts, or people.