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means by which a user interacts with and controls a machine
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user interface

Summary

user interface ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,000 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • user interface is a type of work[2].
  • user interface is a type of interface[3].
  • user interface is part of computer program[4].
  • user interface is part of machine[5].
  • user interface is used for human to computer interactivity[6].
  • user interface's Commons category is recorded as User interfaces[7].
  • user interface's topic's main category is recorded as Category:User interfaces[8].
  • user interface's facet of is recorded as human–computer interaction[9].
  • user interface's partially coincident with is recorded as input-output device[10].
  • user interface's topic has template is recorded as Template:User interfaces[11].
  • user interface's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/user-interface[12].
  • user interface's used by is recorded as human–computer interaction[13].
  • user interface's has characteristic is recorded as usability[14].
  • user interface's has characteristic is recorded as accessibility[15].
  • user interface's has characteristic is recorded as mode[16].
  • user interface's main Wikidata property is recorded as P479[17].
  • user interface's main Wikidata property is recorded as P5196[18].
  • user interface's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'UI'}[19].
  • user interface's different from is recorded as user experience[20].
  • user interface's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include work[2] and interface[3].

Use and Application

user interface is used for human to computer interactivity[6]. Part of include computer program[4] and machine[5], a first-order class[22]. Its used by is recorded as human–computer interaction[13].

Influence

Things named for user interface include UKUI[23], a desktop environment[24] and MagicOS[25], a mobile operating system[26].

Why It Matters

user interface ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,000 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 102 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for it include UKUI[23], a desktop environment[24] and MagicOS[25], a mobile operating system[26].

Related Entities

Brad A. Myers Catherine Plaisant command-line interface Elisabeth André Everett N. McKay expert system Facebook Home Game UI Database GNOME Shell human–computer interaction input device input-output device Jaime Levy James A. Fogarty Jan B.F. van Erp Jef Raskin Jennifer Pearson Katrien Verbert KDE Plasma MagicOS Marta Larusdottir Marymount University Monika Schirmeier Motoblur Muhammad Shahzad Nancy J. Lightner output device Patrick Tobias Fischer Postorius Robert C. Seacord

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → —
    Different from → user experience
    Facet of → human–computer interaction
    Topic has template → Template:User interfaces
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1295, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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