'user interface' definitions:
Definition of 'user interface'
From: WordNet
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 [syn: interface, user interface]
Definition of 'user interface'
From: GCIDE
- interface \interface\ n.
- 1. a surface forming a common boundary between two things, especially between two fluids. [WordNet sense 1] [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. (Computers) hardware that links one device with another (especially a computer). [WordNet sense 2] [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. (Computers) That part of a computer program which controls the way a program interacts with a user; the manner of inputting and outputting of data, and the way information is presented on a computer monitor; also called {user interface}; as, a graphical user interface; a character-based interface. [PJC]