Dictionary of English - interface
interface
This means a surface where two spaces or bodies meet: the interface of air and water. In recent years it has come to be used for an apparatus that connects two devices or systems so that they can work together; in the language of information technology, a device which enables a user to communicate with a computer, or computers to communicate with each other. In this sense interface is also a verb: This machine will interface with most PCs.
Figuratively, interface can refer to almost any boundary: Design is at the interface of art and technology. As a verb it is used to mean 'combine or cooperate with': Your job will be to interface with the marketing department. This sounds like jargon. Before using interface figuratively, ask yourself whether you need to; words such as boundary, border, meeting-place, combine, work with, cooperate will often express the sense just as well.
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