<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
connects their interfaces together. For example, two EIA-232
interfaces connected via a serial cable.
See also graphical user interface, Application Program
Interface.
(1996-05-22)
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