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n. ~ 1. A place where two things come together. - 2. The design or specifications for two systems to function together. Notes:  An interface may be between different technologies or between a human an [..]
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A Java(TM) programming language keyword used to define a collection of method definitions and constant values. It can later be implemented by classes that define this interface with the "implemen [..]
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A common boundary at which two different computer systems or portions thereof join or intersect. It can be mechanical or electronic, and can also refer to the interaction between humans and computers.
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1874, "a plane surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies," from inter- + face (n.). Modern use is perhaps a c. 1960 re-coinage; McLuhan used it in the sense "place of intera [..]
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The interconnections that allow a device, a program, or a person to interact. Hardware interfaces are the cables that connect the device to its power source and to other devices. Software interfaces allow the program to communicate with other programs (such as the operating system), and user interfaces allow the user to communicate with the program [..]
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A mixture of petroleum products occurring when batches of different products are shipped consecutively through a pipeline. Interface oil is re-refined into gasoline and diesel.
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(Also called internal boundary.) A surface separating two fluids, across which there is a discontinuity of some fluid property, such as density, velocity, etc., or of some derivative of one of these p [..]
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The functional and physical characteristics required to exist at a common boundary or connection between persons, or between systems, or between persons and systems. [D03634]
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A Java keyword used to define a collection of method definitions and constant values. It can later be implemented by classes that define this interface with the "implements" keyword.
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1. Connection between two systems or devices. 2. In routing terminology, a network connection. 3. In telephony, a shared boundary defined by common physical interconnection characteristics, signal characteristics, and meanings of interchanged signals. 4. The boundary between adjacent layers of the OSI model.
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(chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases) (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer [..]
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(1) (ISO) A shared boundary between two functional units, defined by functional characteristics, common physical interconnection characteristics, signal characteristics, and other characteristics, as [..]
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A physical or virtual device that provides connectivity to another device or medium.
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1. In a system , a shared boundary, i.e., the boundary between two subsystems or two devices. 2. A shared boundary between two functional units, defined by specific attributes, such as functional characteristics, common physical interconnection characteristics, and signal characteristics. 3. A point of communication between two or more processes, p [..]
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(n.)A boundary across which two independent systems meet and act on or communicate with each other. In computer technology, there are several types of interfaces. user interface - the keyboard, mouse, [..]
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1. The means of interaction between two systems, disciplines, individuals, groups or components. 2. To interact or form an interconnection. The term is commonly used in computer science.
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The point or process that joins two components of a data processing system, for example, the screen display that functions as intermediary between a software program and its human users. Some interfac [..]
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A connection between two systems or devices. In routing terminology, a network connection; also, the boundary between adjacent layers of the OSI reference model
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A point of connection or junction.
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Connection between two systems or devices. A display technique, used primarily in the early 1990s, that enables a monitor to provide more resolution inexpensively. The preparation a graphic image so t [..]
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Any hardware or software that connects a computer to another electronic or software system.
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The way a computer interacts with a user or a peripheral.
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An interface in computer jargon is a connection between two systems. It can be Hardware or Software. It may take the form of a plug, cable or socket, or all three, for example where a Printer or Scann [..]
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The two surfaces on the contact side of both halves of a multiple-contact connector which face each other when the connector is assembled.
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In computer systems, an interface is the point of data exchange between two stand-alone programs. Integrated systems share one common set of master data and transactional history; interfaced systems share a few crucial data fields, but otherwise maintain separate and independent master data.
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A connection between two networks without intermediary. Most often refers to a connection between a PMS/CRS and an OTA. Also known as Integration, Direct Connect and Interfaced Connections.
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a boundary between adjacent components, circuits or systems that enables the devices to exchange information.
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That place at which independent systems meet and act on or communicate with each other.
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A device or circuit that allows two units to communicate. Some of the standard interfaces used in the scale industry are 20 mA current loop, BCD, RS-232, RS-422 and RS-485.
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A mechanism whereby data can be exchanged between applications.
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The junction or point of interconnection between two systems or equipment having different characteristics. INTERFERENCE
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A boundary across which two separate systems interact.
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Interconnection and interrelationships between two devices, two applications, or the user and an application or device.
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A surface that forms the boundary between two phases or systems.
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The general meaning is any connection between two pieces of hardware, software, or a user and an application. The most common usage refers to the look and feel of the screen in a program -- all the ba [..]
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An interface is a description of a set of methods that conforming implementing classes must have.menu Like A Class Gotchas extend or implement? Interface Or Abstract? Instantiating Antipattern Sample [..]
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A connection between two networks without intermediary. Most often refers to a connection between a PMS/CRS and an OTA. Also known as Integration, Direct Connect and Interfaced Connections.
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The system through which users can interact with the computer and the software
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A system or mechanism for connecting two entities together, e.g. a computer-user interface. Internet
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A boundary across which two independent systems meet and act on or communicate with each other. The term sometimes refers to the wires, plugs, and sockets that hardware devices use to communicate with [..]
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Electronic transfer of data, either from or to, the PeopleSoft database. For example, an interface program will transmit PeopleSoft human resource and pay calculation data in a form that is useable by [..]
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(n) (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)(n) (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a co [..]
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A named set of operations that characterize the behavior of an entity. An implementation of operations including the syntax of the interaction for a given distributed computing technology. A shared bo [..]
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An interface, in computer programming, is a defined means for a system to communicate with other systems. It is a boundary between a system and its environment providing ways of providing the system i [..]
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An interface is an item that connects two or more individual items. A User Interface connects the computer user to the computer. Keyboards, mice, icons, and menus, are examples of user interface items [..]
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The set of properties, methods, indexers, and events exposed by an object that allow other objects to access its data and functionality. An object guarantees that it will support all of the elements o [..]
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The separation between robots and the equipment not nearby. The sensors that are required for communication between the devices use signals relaying input and output data.
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To link two or more electronic devices so they can function as one unit.
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The boundary between two contacting parts or regions or parts.
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A point or device at which a transition between media, power levels or modes of operation is made. The hardware and signal specifications for linking two units of electronic equipment. LED Indicators [..]
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the communication between software, hardware, and or a user.
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A shared boundary through which information can be exchanged. An interface may be a shared portion of computer software accessed by two or more programs, a hardware component linking two devices, or a [..]
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A demarcation between two devices, where the electrical signals, connectors, timing and handshaking meet. Often the procedures, codes and protocols that enable the two de [..]
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A group of more than one individual bus into a proxy pricing node (pnode) developed for transactions into or out of the RTO in the Energy Market and other various systems and Markets within PJM.
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Common area in which static communication, synchronous, and/or asynchronous interaction can transpire (i.e. web page, chat room, message board)
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A device or protocol which facilitates the linking of any two devices or systems; or when used as a verb ('to interface'), the process of linking.
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The common boundary between two substances such as a water and a solid, water and a gas, or two liquids such as water and oil.
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The common boundary between two substances such as a water and a solid, water and a gas, or two liquids such as water and oil.
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a boundary between adjacent components, circuits or systems that enables the devices to exchange information.
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Instrumentation consisting of hardware and Software that communicates with the Brain. The hardware component of the interface records Brain signals, while the Software component analyzes the signals a [..]
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The portion of an interactive Computer Program that issues messages to and receives commands from a user.
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Communication board among one or more systems.
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Point at which two systems meet, i.e. road transport and terminal terminal and ship.
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Interface, in C#, is a code structure that defines a contract between an object and its user. It contains a collection of semantically similar properties and methods that can be implemented by a class [..]
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An interface specifies a group and/or a set of methods, which have not been implemented. When a class implements an interface, the class provides an implementation to all defined interface methods. A [..]
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Hardware and/or software required to connect peripheral to a camera, connect a computer system to a camera or to provide a user’s access to a camera system; point at which any two parts of system connect.
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The common boundary layer between two substances, such as water and a solid (metal); or between two fluids, such as water and a gas (air); or between a liquid (water) and another liquid (oil).
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In the context of networking, a name used in Linux operating systems to describe a network connection. The connection may directly correlate to a physical device, such as eth0 (describing a specific ethernet port), or a virtual connection through another connection, such as tun0 tunneled over another connection.
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The services a piece of code promises to provide forever, in contrast to its implementation, which it should feel free to change whenever it likes.
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A Zope interface object. In Pyramid, an interface may be attached to a resource object or a request object in order to identify that the object is "of a type". Interfaces are used in [..]
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1) The functional and physical characteristics required to exist at a common boundary or connection between persons, between systems, or between persons and systems.
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The services a piece of code promises to provide forever, in contrast to its implementation
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; see class interface
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"An interface is a collection of operations that specify a service of a class
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a set of declarations that defines how a part of a program can be accessed. The public members and the friends of a class defines that class' interface for other code to use. A class without d [..]
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A shared boundary between various systems or programs. An interface is also the equipment or device that makes it possible to interoperate two systems. For example, it is common to interface the 911 t [..]
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A view or presentation of an object or program.
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The connecting of two systems for an exchange of information; the transaction, sharing or exchange of data, either by direct link or by magnetic tape, between separate systems, programs or files.
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the common boundary between two substances such as water and a solid, water and a gas, or two liquids such as water and oil.
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, The connection between applications. Interfaces may connect applications within a company or to a company's business partners.
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The crossing point or technical connection between different IT systems, one function e.g. could be downloading reservations from a hotel’s CRS to the PMS via a 1-way interface (see direct connect)
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computer term designating ability of one computer to communicate with another.
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Hardware or software that facilitates interaction between disparate components of a system.
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The connection between computer and the outside world. Electrical interfaces can be serial, RS-232, RS-422, RS-485, USB-A Female, Parallel, or similar.
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The mixture which occurs in normal pipeline operations between batches of petroleum products or crude having different specifications. Also called "slop" or "transmix."
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Link between the different components in the Architecture and defined by means of the set of services that the component supports.
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Any device that allows one unit to work, drive or communicate with another unit when they cannot do so by just feeding each other often because the units are manufactured by different companies.
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The transition between one system or circuit and another. Example SCSI Interface between a host [controller] and a peripheral. The interconnecting link between systems.
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The point of interconnection between entities. ''Public relations firms often serve as the interface between a company and the press.'' (chemistry,physics) A thin layer or boundary between diffe [..]
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v=onepage&q&f=false |isbn=9788535278644 |page=48 |publisher=Elsevier Brasil}} *:O usuário só precisa de um dispositivo de interface com a tela, teclado, mouse ou touchpad, e uma conexão de rede.
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A broad term representing anything from the onscreen layout of a software application, to a type of cable used to drive a scoreboard from a timer or computer (Interface Cable).
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 point in the system where the rules, control codes, formats, and information direction (as dictated by the protocol) are implemented
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