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Interface vs Coordinate - What's the difference?

interface | coordinate |

In transitive terms the difference between interface and coordinate

is that interface is to construct an interface for, to connect through an interface while coordinate is to match (objects, especially clothes).

As an adjective coordinate is

of the same rank; equal.

interface

English

(wikipedia interface)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The point of interconnection between entities.
    • Public relations firms often serve as the interface between a company and the press.
  • (chemistry, physics) A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.
    • If water and oil are mixed together, they tend to separate, and at equilibrium they are in different strata with an oil-water interface in between.
    The surface of a lake is a water-air interface .
  • (computing) The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.
    • The data is sent over the air interface to the remote system.
  • (computing) The connection between a user and a machine.
    • The options are selected via the user interface .
  • (computing, object-oriented) The connection between parts of software.
    • This interface is implemented by several Java classes.
  • (computing, object-oriented) In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
    • The Audio and Video classes both implement the IPlayable interface .

    Derived terms

    * abstract interface * generic interface * marker interface * network interface * user interface

    Verb

    (interfac)
  • to construct an interface for, to connect through an interface
  • to be an interface, to be into an interface

    • coordinate

    English

    Alternative forms

    * * co-ordinate

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of the same rank; equal.
  • * Law
    • whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many co-ordinate powers presiding over each country

    Usage notes

    The usual pronunciation of ‘oo’ is /u?/ or /?/. The dieresis in the spelling emphasizes that the second o begins a separate syllable. However, the dieresis is becoming increasingly rare in US English typography, so the spelling coordinate predominates.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics, cartography) A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.
  • Something that is equal to another thing.
  • *

    • Related terms

    * axis

    Verb

    (coordinat)
  • To synchronize (activities).
  • To match (objects, especially clothes).

    • Derived terms

    * coordination, co-ordination * coordinator, co-ordinator * coordinatize

    See also

    * coordinately, * coordinateness, * coordinative, * uncoordinated,

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    Anagrams

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