interactive Last modified: Thursday, January 30, 2003
Accepting input from a human. Interactive computer systems are programs that allow users to enter data or commands. Most popular programs, such as word processors and spreadsheet applications, are interactive. A noninteractive program is one that, when started, continues without requiring human contact. A compiler is a noninteractive program, as are all batch processing applications.
•E-mail this definition to a colleague• For internet.com pages about interactive . Also check out the following links! Carnegie-Mellon's human computer interaction institute  Home page of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. The site includes technical reports, videos, software, and other information about their institute. Human-computer interaction resources page  This page compiles a list of resources available on the internet pertaining to human-computer interaction. Resources divided into categories for easier navigation. Yahoo!'s category of human computer interaction sites Yahoo!'s directory of human computer interaction. Yahoo!'s interactive fiction page Yahoo!'s directory of links that use an interactive approach to the writing of fiction. Yahoo!'s interactive television page Yahoo!'s directory of interactive television and related products. Yahoo's category for interactive comic strips This is Yahoo's directory of links to sites that are interactive comic strips. You have the chance to control what happens to the characters.	Pervasive Computing User Interfaces batch processing CAPI Give Us Your Feedback Shopping interactive Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: Computer Games 377 Model Matches Toys 1309 Store Offers Software 709 Store Offers PlayStation 2 Games 71 Model Matches Pets 20 Store Offers