'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]

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