Interface: an evolving concept
Communications of the ACMPublished 1 April 1993Open access
Jonathan Grudin
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The possibilities for confusion and misdirection in the use of this and related terms in the changing environments of computer design and use are detailed, noting that a user's interface to a computer does not match or …
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