käyttöliittymä — meaning in English

English meaning

• interface noun The point where two systems, devices, or people meet and interact.
• shell noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.

Senses

käyttöliittymä is used for these senses in English:

• front end (computing) That part of a hardware or software system that is conceptually closest to the user; the user interface.
• interface (computing) The connection between a user and a machine.
• shell (computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter. Shell is a way to separate the internal complexity of the implementation of the command from the user. The internals can change while the user experience/interface remains the same.
• user interface (computing) The visual part of a software application that a user sees and interacts with.

interface — full definition

1. noun The point where two systems, devices, or people meet and interact.
2. verb To connect with or communicate between systems.

shell — full definition

1. noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.
2. noun An explosive projectile fired from artillery.
3. noun The outer frame or structure of something, especially when unfinished or empty inside.
4. noun A computer program that provides a command-line interface for interacting with an operating system.
5. verb To remove the outer covering from something, such as a nut or pea.

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