Look up: interface

1. interface
   (jargon) A boundary across which two systems communicate. An interface might be a hardware connector used to link to other devices, or it might be a convention used to allow communication between two software systems. Often there is some intermediate component between the two systems which connect...
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2. Interface
   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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3. Interface
   A means of communication between two computer systems, two software applications or two modules. Real time interface is a key element in healthcare information systems due to the need to access patient care information and financial information instantaneously and comprehensively. Such real time com...
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4. Interface
   A shared boundary. It might be a piece of hardware used between two pieces of equipment, or a software display communicating between the computer system and the people who use it.
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5. interface
   a connection between hardware devices, applications, or different sections of a computer network.
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6. interface
   [n] - (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system 2. [n] - the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other 3. [n] - (computer science)...
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7. interface
   An identifiable point between two network elements where a physical relationship (usually electromagnetic), communications protocol or API may be defined.
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8. Interface
   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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9. Interface
   (Digital cameras and photo printers) Connecting point between the computer and an external device, e.g. mouse, scanner, modem, digital camera. (Serial interface, parallel interface)
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10. Interface
    (NETWORK GLOSSARY) A connection between two systems or devices.
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11. Interface
    A piece of equipment which connects normally incompatible components so that the signal from one is readable by the second.
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12. Interface
    An audio interface such as Echo Audio`s Layla allows the computer to communicate with a microphone or line level device. A MIDI interface such as any Edirol USB MIDI product, allows communication between the computer and a synthesizer or controller keyboard
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13. interface
    The meeting point between a computer and something or (someone) outside of it. Common interfaces for peripherals are the serial and parallel ports. Common interfaces for people are the monitor screen and keyboard.
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14. Interface
    An audio interface such as Echo Audio`s Layla allows the computer to communicate with a microphone or line level device. A MIDI interface such as any Edirol USB MIDI product, allows communication between the computer and a synthesizer or controller keyboard.
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15. Interface
    A shared boundary defined by common physical interconnection characteristics, signal characteristics and meanings of interchanged signals
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16. Interface
    A boundary across which two systems communicate. An interface might be a hardware connector used to link to other devices, or it might be a convention used to allow communication between two software systems.IEEE 1394 (Firewire)A very fast external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of u...
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17. Interface
    The circuit, or physical connection, which controls the flow of data between a computer and its peripherals.
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18. Interface
    The means by which two systems or devices are connected and interact with each other.
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19. interface
    a connection between hardware devices, applications, or different sections of a computer network.
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20. Interface
    Surface between two materials: in glass fibers, for instance, the area at which the glass and sizing meet; in a laminate, the area at which the reinforcement and laminating resin meet.
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21. interface
    the electrical or mechanical discontinuity between units; must be crossed by interconnections Category: Electrical engineering and energy • Discrete equipment making the interconnection of incompatible circuits or systems possible by introducing an adaptation of connector geometry, signa...
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22. Interface
    The process of making components or peripherals work together.
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23. Interface
    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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24. interface
    1. A surface that forms a common boundary of two bodies. ... 2. The boundary between regions of different radiopacity, acoustic, or magnetic resonance properties; the projection of the interface between tissues of different such properties on an image. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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25. interface
    user interface noun (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system
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