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USER INTERFACE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(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
Synonyms:
interface; user interface
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("user interface" is a kind of...):
computer program; computer programme; program; programme ((computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "user interface"):
CLI; command line interface (a user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon)
graphical user interface; GUI (a user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text; uses a mouse as well as a keyboard as an input device)
