Interface (computer science) — Interface generally refers to an abstraction that an entity provides of itself to the outside. This separates the methods of external communication from internal operation, and allows it to be internally modified without affecting the way outside … Wikipedia
Interface (computing) — For other uses, see Interface. In the field of computer science, an interface is a tool and concept that refers to a point of interaction between components, and is applicable at the level of both hardware and software. This allows a component,… … Wikipedia
Interface Builder — This article is about the Mac OS X application. For the general concept, see Graphical user interface builder. Developer(s) Apple Inc. Stable release 3.2.6 / Released March 1 … Wikipedia
Message Passing Interface — MPI, the Message Passing Interface, is standardized and portable message passing system designed by a group of researchers from academia and industry to function on a wide variety of parallel computers. The standard defines the syntax and… … Wikipedia
POSIX terminal interface — The POSIX terminal interface is the generalized abstraction, comprising both an Application Programming Interface for programs, and a set of behavioural expectations for users of a terminal, as defined by the POSIX standard and the Single Unix… … Wikipedia
Java Native Interface — JNI redirects here. For the city in the province of Buenos Aires, see Junín, Buenos Aires. The Java Native Interface (JNI) is a programming framework that enables Java code running in a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to call and to be called[1] by… … Wikipedia
Application programming interface — API redirects here. For other uses, see API (disambiguation). An application programming interface (API) is a source code based specification intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other. An API may… … Wikipedia
User interface design — or user interface engineering is the design of computers, appliances, machines, mobile communication devices, software applications, and websites with the focus on the user s experience and interaction. Where traditional graphic design seeks to… … Wikipedia
Graphical user interface — Screenshot of KDE Plasma Desktop GUI. A screenshot of the GNOME Shell GUI … Wikipedia
History of the graphical user interface — The graphical user interface, understood as the use of graphic icons and a pointing device to control a computer, has over the last four decades a steady history of incremental refinements built on some constant core principles. Several vendors… … Wikipedia
