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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfaz" title="Interfaz – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Interfaz" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0nterfeys" title="İnterfeys – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="İnterfeys" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8" title="ইন্টারফেস – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ইন্টারফেস" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81" title="Інтэрфейс – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Інтэрфейс" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5)" title="Интерфейс (програмиране) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Интерфейс (програмиране)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interf%C3%ADcie" title="Interfície – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Interfície" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rozhran%C3%AD_(informatika)" title="Rozhraní (informatika) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Rozhraní (informatika)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%A6nseflade_(datalogi)" title="Grænseflade (datalogi) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Grænseflade (datalogi)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnittstelle" title="Schnittstelle – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Schnittstelle" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liides" title="Liides – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Liides" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%AE_(%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE)" title="Διεπαφή (πληροφορική) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Διεπαφή (πληροφορική)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfaz" title="Interfaz – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Interfaz" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfaco" title="Interfaco – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Interfaco" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B7_(%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4)" title="رابط (رایانش) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="رابط (رایانش)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface_(informatique)" title="Interface (informatique) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Interface (informatique)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface" title="Interface – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Interface" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface" title="Interface – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Interface" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B8%ED%84%B0%ED%8E%98%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%A4_(%EC%BB%B4%ED%93%A8%ED%8C%85)" title="인터페이스 (컴퓨팅) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="인터페이스 (컴퓨팅)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%BB%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%BD" title="Միջերես – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Միջերես" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8_(%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A8)" title="इंटरफ़ेस (अभिकलन) – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="इंटरफ़ेस (अभिकलन)" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfejs" title="Interfejs – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Interfejs" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su%C4%8Delje" title="Sučelje – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Sučelje" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfacio" title="Interfacio – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Interfacio" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfacie" title="Interfacie – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Interfacie" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi%C3%B0m%C3%B3t" title="Viðmót – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Viðmót" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfaccia_(informatica)" title="Interfaccia (informatica) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Interfaccia (informatica)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A7_(%D7%AA%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA)" title="ממשק (תכנות) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ממשק (תכנות)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81_(%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Интерфейс (электроника) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Интерфейс (электроника)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%83%D1%87%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BD_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%B8" title="Колдонуучунун интерфейси – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Колдонуучунун интерфейси" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interf%C3%A9sz" title="Interfész – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Interfész" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antara_muka" title="Antara muka – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Antara muka" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%81%D1%8C" title="Интерфейссь – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Интерфейссь" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface" title="Interface – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Interface" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9_(%E6%83%85%E5%A0%B1%E6%8A%80%E8%A1%93)" title="インタフェース (情報技術) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="インタフェース (情報技術)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grensesnitt" title="Grensesnitt – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Grensesnitt" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81" title="Интерфейс – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Интерфейс" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfeys" title="Interfeys – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Interfeys" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfejs_(urz%C4%85dzenie)" title="Interfejs (urządzenie) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Interfejs (urządzenie)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface_(ci%C3%AAncia_da_computa%C3%A7%C3%A3o)" title="Interface (ciência da computação) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Interface (ciência da computação)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfa%C8%9B%C4%83" title="Interfață – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Interfață" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chawpin_uya" title="Chawpin uya – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Chawpin uya" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81" title="Интерфейс – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Интерфейс" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface" title="Interface – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Interface" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rozhranie_(interface)" title="Rozhranie (interface) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Rozhranie (interface)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vmesnik" title="Vmesnik – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Vmesnik" 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The exchange can be between <a href="/wiki/Software" title="Software">software</a>, <a href="/wiki/Computer_hardware" title="Computer hardware">computer hardware</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peripheral" title="Peripheral">peripheral devices</a>, <a href="/wiki/User_interface" title="User interface">humans</a>, and combinations of these.<sup id="cite_ref-HookwayInterface14_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HookwayInterface14-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some computer hardware devices, such as a <a href="/wiki/Touchscreen" title="Touchscreen">touchscreen</a>, 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.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hardware_interfaces">Hardware interfaces</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Interface_(computing)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Hardware interfaces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RJ-45_Ethernet_socket_on_Lenovo_T410_Laptop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/RJ-45_Ethernet_socket_on_Lenovo_T410_Laptop.jpg/310px-RJ-45_Ethernet_socket_on_Lenovo_T410_Laptop.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/RJ-45_Ethernet_socket_on_Lenovo_T410_Laptop.jpg/465px-RJ-45_Ethernet_socket_on_Lenovo_T410_Laptop.jpg 1.5x, 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.hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hardware_interface" class="mw-redirect" title="Hardware interface">Hardware interface</a></div> <p>Hardware interfaces exist in many components, such as the various <a href="/wiki/Bus_(computing)" title="Bus (computing)">buses</a>, <a href="/wiki/Computer_data_storage" title="Computer data storage">storage devices</a>, other <a href="/wiki/I/O" class="mw-redirect" title="I/O">I/O</a> devices, etc. A hardware interface is described by the mechanical, electrical, and logical signals at the interface and the protocol for sequencing them (sometimes called signaling).<sup id="cite_ref-87Blaauw_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87Blaauw-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A standard interface, such as <a href="/wiki/SCSI" title="SCSI">SCSI</a>, decouples the design and introduction of computing hardware, such as <a href="/wiki/I/O" class="mw-redirect" title="I/O">I/O</a> devices, from the design and introduction of other components of a computing system, thereby allowing users and manufacturers great flexibility in the implementation of computing systems.<sup id="cite_ref-87Blaauw_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87Blaauw-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hardware interfaces can be <a href="/wiki/Parallel_communication" title="Parallel communication">parallel</a> with several electrical connections carrying parts of the data simultaneously or <a href="/wiki/Serial_communication" title="Serial communication">serial</a> where data are sent one <a href="/wiki/Bit" title="Bit">bit</a> at a time.<sup id="cite_ref-GovindarajaluIBM08_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GovindarajaluIBM08-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Software_interfaces">Software interfaces</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Interface_(computing)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Software interfaces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Application_binary_interface" title="Application binary interface">Application binary interface</a> and <a href="/wiki/Application_programming_interface" class="mw-redirect" title="Application programming interface">Application programming interface</a></div> <p>A software interface may refer to a wide range of different types of interfaces at different "levels". For example, an operating system may interface with pieces of hardware. <a href="/wiki/Application_software" title="Application software">Applications</a> or <a href="/wiki/Computer_program" title="Computer program">programs</a> running on the operating system may need to interact via data <a href="/wiki/Stream_(computing)" title="Stream (computing)">streams</a>, filters, and pipelines.<sup id="cite_ref-BuyyaMastering13_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BuyyaMastering13-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Object-oriented_programming" title="Object-oriented programming">object oriented programs</a>, objects within an application may need to interact via <a href="/wiki/Method_(computer_science)" class="mw-redirect" title="Method (computer science)">methods</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PooObject08_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PooObject08-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_practice">In practice</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Interface_(computing)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: In practice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A key principle of design is to prohibit access to all resources by default, allowing access only through well-defined entry points, i.e., interfaces.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Software interfaces provide access to computer resources (such as memory, CPU, storage, etc.) of the underlying computer system; direct access (i.e., not through well-designed interfaces) to such resources by software can have major ramifications—sometimes disastrous ones—for functionality and stability.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Interfaces between software components can provide <a href="/wiki/Constant_(computer_science)" class="mw-redirect" title="Constant (computer science)">constants</a>, <a href="/wiki/Data_type" title="Data type">data types</a>, types of <a href="/wiki/Subroutine" class="mw-redirect" title="Subroutine">procedures</a>, <a href="/wiki/Exception_handling" title="Exception handling">exception</a> specifications, and <a href="/wiki/Method_signature" class="mw-redirect" title="Method signature">method signatures</a>. Sometimes, public <a href="/wiki/Variable_(programming)" class="mw-redirect" title="Variable (programming)">variables</a> are also defined as part of an interface.<sup id="cite_ref-PattersonComputer04_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PattersonComputer04-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The interface of a software module <i>A</i> is deliberately defined separately from the <a href="/wiki/Implementation_(computer_science)" class="mw-redirect" title="Implementation (computer science)">implementation</a> of that module. The latter contains the actual code of the procedures and methods described in the interface, as well as other "private" variables, procedures, etc. Another software module <i>B</i>, for example the <a href="/wiki/Client_(computing)" title="Client (computing)">client</a> to <i>A</i>, that interacts with <i>A</i> is forced to do so only through the published interface. One practical advantage of this arrangement is that replacing the implementation of <i>A</i> with another implementation of the same interface should not cause <i>B</i> to fail—how <i>A</i> internally meets the requirements of the interface is not relevant to <i>B</i>, which <a href="/wiki/Separation_of_concerns" title="Separation of concerns">is only concerned</a> with the specifications of the interface. (See also <a href="/wiki/Liskov_substitution_principle" title="Liskov substitution principle">Liskov substitution principle</a>.)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_object-oriented_languages">In object-oriented languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Interface_(computing)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: In object-oriented languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Interface_(object-oriented_programming)" title="Interface (object-oriented programming)">Interface (object-oriented programming)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Concept_(generic_programming)" title="Concept (generic programming)">Concept (generic programming)</a></div> <p>In some <a href="/wiki/Object-oriented" class="mw-redirect" title="Object-oriented">object-oriented</a> languages, especially those without full <a href="/wiki/Multiple_inheritance" title="Multiple inheritance">multiple inheritance</a>, the term <i>interface</i> is used to define an <a href="/wiki/Abstract_data_type" title="Abstract data type">abstract type</a> that acts as an <a href="/wiki/Abstraction" title="Abstraction">abstraction</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Class_(computer_science)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class (computer science)">class</a>. It contains no data, but defines behaviours as <a href="/wiki/Method_(computer_science)" class="mw-redirect" title="Method (computer science)">method</a> signatures. A <a href="/wiki/Class_(computer_science)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class (computer science)">class</a> having code and data for all the methods corresponding to that interface and declaring so is said to <i>implement</i> that interface.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, even in single-inheritance-languages, one can implement multiple interfaces, and hence can <i>be</i> of different types at the same time.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An interface is thus a <a href="/wiki/Data_type" title="Data type">type</a> definition; anywhere an object can be exchanged (for example, in a <a href="/wiki/Function_(computer_science)" class="mw-redirect" title="Function (computer science)">function</a> or <a href="/wiki/Method_(computer_science)" class="mw-redirect" title="Method (computer science)">method</a> call) the <i>type</i> of the object to be exchanged can be defined in terms of one of its implemented <i>interface</i>s or base-classes rather than specifying the specific <a href="/wiki/Class_(computer_science)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class (computer science)">class</a>. This approach means that any class that implements that interface can be used.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> For example, a <a href="/wiki/Skeleton_(computer_programming)" title="Skeleton (computer programming)">dummy implementation</a> may be used to allow development to progress before the final implementation is available. In another case, a <a href="/wiki/Test-driven_development#Fakes,_mocks_and_integration_tests" title="Test-driven development">fake or mock</a> implementation may be substituted during testing. Such <a href="/wiki/Method_stub" title="Method stub">stub</a> implementations are replaced by real code later in the development process. </p><p>Usually, a method defined in an interface contains no code and thus cannot itself be called; it must be implemented by non-abstract code to be run when it is invoked.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> An interface called "<code><a href="/wiki/Stack_(data_structure)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stack (data structure)">Stack</a></code>" might define two methods: <code>push()</code> and <code>pop()</code>. It can be implemented in different ways, for example, <code>FastStack</code> and <code>GenericStack</code>—the first being fast, working with a data structure of fixed size, and the second using a data structure that can be resized, but at the cost of somewhat lower speed. </p><p>Though interfaces can contain many methods, they may contain only one or even none at all. For example, the <a href="/wiki/Java_(programming_language)" title="Java (programming language)">Java</a> language defines the interface <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-java mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><span class="n">Readable</span></code> that has the single <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-java mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><span class="n">read</span><span class="p">()</span></code> method; various implementations are used for different purposes, including <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-java mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><span class="n">BufferedReader</span></code>, <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-java mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><span class="n">FileReader</span></code>, <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-java mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><span class="n">InputStreamReader</span></code>, <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-java mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><span class="n">PipedReader</span></code>, and <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-java mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><span class="n">StringReader</span></code>. <a href="/wiki/Marker_interface_pattern" title="Marker interface pattern">Marker interfaces</a> like <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-java mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><span class="n">Serializable</span></code> contain no methods at all and serve to provide run-time information to generic processing using <a href="/wiki/Reflection_(computer_programming)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reflection (computer programming)">Reflection</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Programming_to_the_interface">Programming to the interface</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Interface_(computing)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Programming to the interface"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The use of interfaces allows for a programming style called <i>programming to the interface</i>. The idea behind this approach is to base programming logic on the interfaces of the objects used, rather than on internal implementation details. Programming to the interface reduces dependency on implementation specifics and makes code more reusable.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pushing this idea to the extreme, <a href="/wiki/Inversion_of_control" title="Inversion of control">inversion of control</a> leaves the <i>context</i> to inject the code with the specific implementations of the interface that will be used to perform the work. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="User_interfaces">User interfaces</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Interface_(computing)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: User interfaces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/User_interface" title="User interface">User interface</a></div> <p>A <b>user interface</b> is a point of interaction between a computer and humans; it includes any number of <a href="/wiki/Modality_(human%E2%80%93computer_interaction)" title="Modality (human–computer interaction)">modalities</a> of <a href="/wiki/Human-computer_interaction" class="mw-redirect" title="Human-computer interaction">interaction</a> (such as graphics, sound, position, movement, etc.) where data is transferred between the user and the computer system. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Interface_(computing)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abstraction_inversion" title="Abstraction inversion">Abstraction inversion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Application_binary_interface" title="Application binary interface">Application binary interface</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Application_programming_interface" class="mw-redirect" title="Application programming interface">Application programming interface</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Business_Interoperability_Interface" class="mw-redirect" title="Business Interoperability Interface">Business Interoperability Interface</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Computer_bus" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer bus">Computer bus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hard_disk_drive_interface" title="Hard disk drive interface">Hard disk drive interface</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Implementation_(computer_science)" class="mw-redirect" title="Implementation (computer science)">Implementation (computer science)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Implementation_inheritance" class="mw-redirect" title="Implementation inheritance">Implementation inheritance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interoperability" title="Interoperability">Interoperability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inheritance_semantics" class="mw-redirect" title="Inheritance semantics">Inheritance semantics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modular_programming" title="Modular programming">Modular programming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Software_componentry" class="mw-redirect" title="Software componentry">Software componentry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_inheritance" title="Virtual inheritance">Virtual inheritance</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Interface_(computing)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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MIT Press. pp. <span class="nowrap">1–</span>58. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780262525503" title="Special:BookSources/9780262525503"><bdi>9780262525503</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Chapter+1%3A+The+Subject+of+the+Interface&rft.btitle=Interface&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E1-%3C%2Fspan%3E58&rft.pub=MIT+Press&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=9780262525503&rft.au=Hookway%2C+B.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DBQM_AwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AInterface+%28computing%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><i>IEEE 100 - The Authoritative Dictionary Of IEEE Standards Terms</i>. NYC, NY, USA: IEEE Press. 2000. pp. <span class="nowrap">574–</span>575. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780738126012" title="Special:BookSources/9780738126012"><bdi>9780738126012</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=IEEE+100+-+The+Authoritative+Dictionary+Of+IEEE+Standards+Terms&rft.place=NYC%2C+NY%2C+USA&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E574-%3C%2Fspan%3E575&rft.pub=IEEE+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=9780738126012&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AInterface+%28computing%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-87Blaauw-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-87Blaauw_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-87Blaauw_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBlaauwBrooks,_Jr.1997" class="citation cs2">Blaauw, Gerritt A.; Brooks, Jr., Frederick P. 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