An interface is a contract stating what information systems may communicate with each other.
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostThe late great Richard Feynman once wrote that if something can't be explained in simple terms, it isn't understood. Well that's not quite what he said it, but that's the gist of it.
Nobel Prize-winning physicist, prankster, juggler, painter, bongo player, safecracker, solver of the Challenger disaster... what a guy.Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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It's a thingummyjig that contract testers love because everytime one of the apps using an interface is modified you can charge the client a tulipload of money for regression testing it.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by FSM with Cheddar View PostAn interface is a contract stating what information systems may communicate with each other.Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View PostAn interface is like a rosetta stone.
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Originally posted by suityou01 View PostThis is the closest anyone got, so surely this one is the winner.Comment
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostMost of those written here are better than what I blubbered out at the time, which involved abstract classes and unimplemented methodsAnd what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by FSM with Cheddar View PostAn interface is a contract stating what information systems may communicate with each other.
Just a thought...."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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Generally, an interface is the overlap where two or more systems affect each other or have links with each other.
In computing this is usually understood as either linkages between computers and other devices, or between computers and people.
More specifically, 'user interface' is commonly understood to be a program that provides a graphical display for the user, that allows the user to interact with the system, indirectly using other types of (mechanical) interfaces such as a 'mouse', or 'keyboard'.
It's so tempting to go into more detail, as I love human-computer-interaction theory and history. Carving through some good books on the topic now.Comment
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