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user interface

American  

noun

Digital Technology.
  1. the interface features through which users interact with the hardware and software of computers and other electronic devices. UI


Etymology

Origin of user interface

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

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"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

Tesla is currently releasing 14.3.2, which includes some user interface enhancements.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

It also became one of the early examples of user interface design conventions such as badges, rating buttons, sharing and recommendation features which have largely become standard features across media platforms today.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

It got prettier, too, when Claude Code built a cleaner user interface for…Claude Code.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 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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