What is Interface ?
A computer interface is a concept that refers to a point of
interaction between objects or components and is applicable at the level of
both hardware and software. That is why interfaces are classified as:
Hardware Interfaces:
This exist in computer system via physical contacts between many of the components such as the various buses, storage devices,
other I/O devices to exchange information.
Software Interfaces:
Software interfaces, on the other hand, are sets of rules, protocols, and tools that enable different software systems and components to communicate and interact with each other. Examples of software interfaces include APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), protocols like TCP/IP, and programming languages like Python that provide libraries and modules for interacting with other software systems.
These may refer to a range of
different types of interface at different levels not in physical manner.
Likely, an Operating system (OS) may interface with pieces of hardware. Again
applications or programs running on the OS may need to interact via streams and
in object oriented programs (OOP) objects within an application may need to
interact via methods.
In many cases, hardware and software interfaces work together to enable communication and interaction between different components and systems.
