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Interface

The area shared by or connecting two or more disciplines or fields of study. Also, a common boundary or interconnection between systems, equipment, concepts, or people. Also, something that enables separate and sometimes incompatible elements to coordinate or communicate. Also, computer hardware or software designed to enable the communication of information between hardware devices, between software programs, between devices and programs, or between a computer and a user. See noise, feedback, computer, cybernetics.

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