USER INTERFACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does user interface mean? 

• USER INTERFACE (noun)
  The noun USER INTERFACE has 1 sense:

1. (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

  Familiarity information: USER INTERFACE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• USER INTERFACE (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

interface; user interface

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)

 Context examples 

A proprietary information management system designed as a vendor-neutral platform that collects radiation oncology and medical oncology patient data into a single user interface.

(MOSAIQ Oncology Information Management System, NCI Thesaurus)

The device software was found to contain errors in the user interface (including usability problems) or the interfaces with other systems.

(Device Interface Design Error Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)

An area of database record, or graphical user interface form, into which a particular item of data is entered.

(Data Field, NCI Thesaurus)