interfaces

/ˈɪntəfeɪs/

IPA: /IH1 N T ER0 F EY0 S IH0 Z/

noun

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
The connection between parts of software.
“This interface is implemented by several Java classes.”
6
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.”
7
The internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).

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