external environment interface
1Open-system environment reference model — Illustration of the open system environment reference model, 1995.[1] Open system environment (OSE) reference model (RM) or OSE reference model (OSE/RM) is one of the first reference models for enterprise architecture. It provides a …
2Environment variable — Environment variables are a set of dynamic named values that can affect the way running processes will behave on a computer. They can be said in some sense to create the operating environment in which a process runs. For example, an environment… …
3Interface Inc. — Interface Inc, (nasdaq|IFSIA) founded in 1973 and beginning operations in LaGrange, Georgia, claims to be the world s largest manufacturer of modular carpet for commercial and residential applications and a leading producer of commercial and… …
4Interface metaphor — An Interface metaphor is a set of user interface visuals, actions and procedures that exploit specific knowledge that users already have of other domains. The purpose of the interface metaphor is to give the user instantaneous knowledge about how …
5Interface description language — An interface description language (or alternately, interface definition language), or IDL for short, is a specification language used to describe a software component s interface. IDLs describe an interface in a language neutral way, enabling… …
6Multiple document interface — Graphical computer applications with a multiple document interface (MDI) are those whose windows reside under a single parent window (usually except for modal windows), as opposed to all windows being separate from each other (single document… …
7Perl Object Environment — For the Mach variant, see Mach kernel The Perl Object Environment or POE is a library of Perl modules written in the Perl programming language by Rocco Caputo et alia. From CPAN:: POE originally was developed as the core of a persistent object… …
8Musical Instrument Digital Interface — MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface, IPAEng|ˈmɪdi) is an industry standard protocol that enables electronic musical instruments, computers, and other equipment to communicate, control, and synchronize with each other. MIDI allows computers …
9Command-line interface — Screenshot of a sample Bash session. GNOME Terminal 3, Fedora 15 …
10Graphical user interface — Screenshot of KDE Plasma Desktop GUI. A screenshot of the GNOME Shell GUI …
