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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] [ant: antagonistic]
     2: capable of acting on or influencing each other [syn: interactional]

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

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)
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)