interactive

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interactive - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  interactive
      adj 1: used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so
             the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or
             more) [syn: synergistic, interactive] [ant:
             antagonistic, incompatible]
      2: capable of acting on or influencing each other [syn:
         interactional, interactive]

interactive - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  interactive
  
     <programming> A term describing a program whose input and
     output are interleaved, like a conversation, allowing the
     user's input to depend on earlier output from the same run.
  
     The interaction with the user is usually conducted through
     either a text-based interface or a graphical user interface.
     Other kinds of interface, e.g. using speech recognition
     and/or speech synthesis, are also possible.
  
     This is in contrast to batch processing where all the input
     is prepared before the program runs and so cannot depend on
     the program's output.
  
     (1996-06-21)
  

  INTERACTIVE
  
     A network simulation language.
  
     ["Design and Implementation of a Pascal Based Interactive
     Network Simulation Language", R. Lakshmanan, PhD Thesis,
     Oakland U, Rochester MI 1983].
  
     (1995-01-12)