Interface and Screen

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Interface noun - Chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases.

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Screen and interface are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Screen" instead a verb "Interface".

Nearby Words: interfacing, interfaced

Screen verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Interface and screen are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Interface" instead a verb "Screen".

Nearby Words: screened, screening, scree, screenful

Similarly, a short story in Cats in Space (And Other Places) had a scene with a cat defending a ship from aliens who had remotely incapacitated the human crew by leaping and batting at the screen, which the computer interpreted via telepathic interface.

Source: Unusual User Interface
It also helps that drawing the interface all the time can reduce the screen area that needs to be drawn using the more expensive world rendering.

Source: Diegetic Interface
Interface Screw: When hit with a confusion grenades (or similar effect), the screen is flipped horizontally.

Source: Video Game / Psychonauts

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