user interface
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of user interface
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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An edited screenshot of Letterboxd’s user interface replaced the four film posters with a concise four-word appeal: “PLEASE. DON’T. SELL. OUT,” with the “N” in “DON’T” replaced by Netflix’s unmistakable red logo.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
They move from one Bending Spoons acquisition to the next, making what Ferrari calls “very deep changes”—rewriting the code, rebuilding the infrastructure, redesigning the user interface.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
"When making tools for chemists, the user interface matters a lot, and previous tools relied on cumbersome filters and rules," says Andres M Bran, the first author of the Synthegy paper published in Matter.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
We’ve married the user interface with AI, and AI is working hand-in-glove with the user interface.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
The last two questions are particularly important because many systems provide no user interface at all; when you connect, you are dumped right into the Unix operating system.
From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation
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