Interface or interfacing may refer to:

Academic journals

* ''Interface'' (journal), by the Electrochemical Society * ''

Interface, Journal of Applied Linguistics ''ITL International Journal of Applied Linguistics'' is an peer-reviewed academic journal of linguistics. It is published by the Department of Linguistics (KU Leuven), the Department of Applied Linguistics (Vlekho), and the Department of Applied L ...

'', now merged with ''ITL International Journal of Applied Linguistics'' * '' Interface: A Journal for and About Social Movements'' * ''Interfaces'' (journal), now ''INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics''

Arts and entertainment

* ''Interface'' (album), by Dominion, 1996 *

Interface (band) Interface is an electronic music group based on Long Island, New York. It was founded in 1993 by Eric Eldredge (keyboards, sequences, and vocals). Its career has been lined with a steady output of songs and dance remixes for other artists and seve ...

, an American music group * ''Interface'' (film), a 1984 American film * ''Interface'' (novel), by Stephen Bury (a pseudonym), 1994 * "Interface" (''Star Trek: The Next Generation''), an episode of the TV series * '' Interface series'', a science fiction horror story in short installments on Reddit

Science, social science and technology

Computing and electronics

Interface (computing) In computing, an interface is a shared boundary across which two or more separate components of a computer system exchange information. The exchange can be between software, computer hardware, peripheral devices, humans, and combinations of these ...

, a shared boundary between system components **

Interface (Java) An interface in the Java programming language is an abstract type that is used to describe a behavior that classes must implement. They are similar to protocols. Interfaces are declared using the interface keyword, and may only contain method sig ...

Interface (object-oriented programming) In object-oriented programming, an interface or protocol type is a data type describing a set of method signatures, the implementations of which may be provided by multiple classes that are otherwise not necessarily related to each other. A class ...

Application binary interface In computer software, an application binary interface (ABI) is an interface between two binary program modules. Often, one of these modules is a library or operating system facility, and the other is a program that is being run by a user. An ' ...

, between two binary program modules **

Application programming interface An application programming interface (API) is a way for two or more computer programs to communicate with each other. It is a type of software interface, offering a service to other pieces of software. A document or standard that describes how t ...

, between a client and a server ** Network interface, between two pieces of equipment or protocol layers in a

computer network A computer network is a set of computers sharing resources located on or provided by network nodes. The computers use common communication protocols over digital interconnections to communicate with each other. These interconnections are ...

User interface In the industrial design field of human–computer interaction, a user interface (UI) is the space where interactions between humans and machines occur. The goal of this interaction is to allow effective operation and control of the machine f ...

, between humans and machines ***

Graphical user interface The GUI ( "UI" by itself is still usually pronounced . or ), graphical user interface, is a form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and audio indicator such as primary notation, inste ...

Audio and video interfaces and connectors Audio connectors and video connectors are electrical or optical connectors for carrying audio or video signals. Audio interfaces or video interfaces define physical parameters and interpretation of signals. For digital audio and digital video ...

Other uses in science and social science

Interface (communication studies) In communication studies, the notion of an interface in the work environment is used for a point of interaction between a number of systems or work groups. In the manufacturing environment, the coordination and interaction between several work group ...

, in the work environment *

Interface (matter) In the physical sciences, an interface is the boundary between two spatial regions occupied by different matter, or by matter in different physical states. The interface between matter and air, or matter and vacuum, is called a surface, and studied ...

, in the physical sciences *

Biointerface A biointerface is the region of contact between a biomolecule, cell, biological tissue or living organism or organic material considered living with another biomaterial or inorganic/organic material. The motivation for biointerface science stems f ...

, in inorganic/organic material *

Business interoperability interface A business interoperability interface (BII) is an interface that enables business interoperability between organizational systems. The term was coined by the European Commission in the European Interoperability Framework where such interfaces are r ...

, between organizational systems *

Social interface Social interface is a concept from social science (particularly, media ecology (Marshall McLuhan) and sociology of technology). It can be approached from a theoretical or a practical perspective. As a concept of social interface theory, social int ...

, a concept in social science

Other uses

* Interface, Inc., a flooring manufacturer * Interface:2010, or Interface, an international-standard-setting body in marketing *

Interfacing Interfacing is a textile used on the unseen or "wrong" side of fabrics to make an area of a garment more rigid. Interfacings can be used to: *stiffen or add body to fabric, such as the interfacing used in shirt collars *strengthen a certain a ...