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Interface Design

ALSO CALLED: Graphical User Interface Design, Software Interface Design, User Interface Design, Presentation Layer, UI Design, and GUI Design
DEFINITION: In the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) communications model, the presentation layer ensures that the communications passing through are in the appropriate form for the recipient. For example, a presentation layer program may format a file transfer request inbinary code to ensure a successful  … 
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INTERFACE DESIGN DEFINITION (continued): …  file transfer. Programs in the presentation layer address three aspects of presentation:
  • Data formats - for example, Postscript, ASCII, or binary formats
  • Compatibility with the host operating system
  • Encapsulation of data into message "envelopes" for transmission through the network

An example of a program that generally adheres to the presentation layer of OSI is the program that manages the Web's Hypertext Transfer … 
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