IN COMPUTING, AN INTERFACE IS A SHARED BOUNDARY ACROSS WHICH TWO SEPARATE COMPONENTS OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM EXCHANGE INFORMATION. THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF INTERFACES, CATEGORIZED BASED ON THEIR PURPOSE AND WHERE THEY ARE USED. HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF THE MAIN TYPES: 1. USER INTERFACES (UI) THESE ALLOW HUMANS TO INTERACT WITH COMPUTERS. GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI): USES WINDOWS, ICONS, MENUS, AND POINTERS (E.G., WINDOWS, MACOS, GNOME). COMMAND-LINE INTERFACE (CLI): USERS TYPE COMMANDS INTO A CONSOLE OR TERMINAL (E.G., LINUX TERMINAL, COMMAND PROMPT). TOUCH USER INTERFACE: USES TOUCHSCREENS (E.G., SMARTPHONES, TABLETS). VOICE USER INTERFACE (VUI): INTERACTS VIA SPOKEN COMMANDS (E.G., SIRI, ALEXA). NATURAL USER INTERFACE (NUI): USES GESTURES, GAZE, OR BIOMETRICS (E.G., KINECT, EYE-TRACKING). 2. HARDWARE INTERFACES ENABLE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PHYSICAL DEVICES. PERIPHERAL INTERFACES: CON...
FLOPPY DRIVE ALTHOUGH MANUFACTURERS HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS TO REPLACE THE FLOPPY DISK, WITH A DEVICE THAT HOLDS MORE DATA, THE 3.5 INCH FLOPPY DISK DRIVE IS STILL VERY COMMON ON MOST PCS SOLD TODAY. THE FLOPPY DISK HAS SURVIVED WELL BEYOND WHAT ANYONE EXPECTED. IT HAS CHANGED IN SIZE OVER THE YEARS AND IS AVAILABLE IN DRIVES THAT FIT INSIDE THE SYSTEM CASE AS WELL AS OUTSIDE. THE FLOPPY DISK HAS COME IN A VARIETY OF SIES OVER ITS LIFETIME, BUT FOR ABOUT THE PAST TEN YEARS THE MOST POPULAR SIZE HAS BEEN THE 3.5 INCH DISKETTE. FLOPPY DISK CONSTRUCTION THE FLOPPY DISK DRIVE IS AN INTERNAL DEVICE THAT IS MOUNTED INTO AN OPEN DRIVE BAY OF THE SYSTEM CASE. WHILE IT IS AN INTERNAL DEVICE ITS BEZEL EXTENDS THROUGH THE DRIVE BAY OPENING AND SHOULD BE VISIBLE THROUGH A REMOVABLE BAY COVER ON THE CASE, AS WELL. A 3.5 INCH FLOPPY DISK DRIVE IS ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS MOST NEWER HARD DISK DRIVES. NEWER CASES MOUNT THE DISKETE IN EITHER A SMALLER DRIVE ...