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Interface vs Coordination - What's the difference?

interface | coordination |

As nouns the difference between interface and coordination

is that interface is the point of interconnection between entities while coordination is the act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.

As a verb interface

is to construct an interface for, to connect through an interface.

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

    • coordination

    English

    (wikipedia coordination)

    Alternative forms

    * co-ordination,

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • the act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
  • * 1919: Robert W. Chambers, In Secret
    • Then there's the State Service and the police and several other services. And there is no proper co-ordination , no single head for all these agencies.
  • the resulting state of working together; cooperation; synchronization
  • * 1900: Irving Bacheller, Eben Holden, A Tale of the North Country
    • We stood dodging each other a moment with that unfortunate co-ordination of purpose men sometimes encounter when passing each other.
  • the ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully.
    • I'm terrible at sports -- I have no coordination .
  • (possibly archaic) the state of being equal in rank or power.
  • * c. 1833: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    • There are two possible modes of unity in a State; one by absolute coordination of each to all, and of all to each; the other by subordination of classes and offices.
  • (grammar) an equal joining together two or more phrases or clauses, for example, using and'', ''or'', or ''but .
  • (chemistry) The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound

    • Antonyms

    * incoordination * subordination

    Related terms

    * coordinated, uncoordinated

    Derived terms

    * coordination compound * coordination number * colour coordination, color coordination * hand-eye coordination