machine interface (MI)

1. The means by which a device, program, user, or system interacts with a computer, for example, commands, instructions, display pointers, menus, keyboards.; 设备、程序、用户或系统借以与计算机互相联系的工具或手段。例如命令、指令、 显示(器)指针、选项屏、键盘等。 2. In System/38, the instruction set and interface to the machine. | 在IBM System/38中,指令系统及对该机器的接口。