Interface (computing)

In computing, an interface is a shared boundary across which two separate components of a computer system exchange information.

Description

The exchange can be between software, computer hardware, peripheral devices, humans and combinations of these. Some computer hardware devices such as a touchscreen can both send and receive data through the interface, while others such as a mouse or microphone may only provide an interface to send data to a given system.

See also

• Abstraction inversion
• Application binary interface
• Application programming interface
• Business Interoperability Interface
• Computer bus
• Hard disk drive interface
• Implementation (computer science)
• Implementation inheritance
• Inheritance semantics
• Modular programming
• Software componentry
• Virtual inheritance

External links

• Interface (computing) @ Wikipedia