Real-world Interfaces
Non-software devices usually have user interfaces, too.
They have:
- Components that make up the user interface.
- Parts that are connected to the interface components.
- These "translate" the user action into something the rest of the
device can act on.
- The part of the device that does the actual work.
For example, the steering mechanism of a car:
- Components that make up the user interface.
- Parts that are connected to the interface components.
- The shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear.
- The part of the device that does the actual work.
- The rest of the steering mechanism.
The "steering interface" translates the driver's actions with the steering wheel
into actions of the actual steering mechanism.
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