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[[Image:Some X windows.svg|thumb|An example of a multiple document interface layout]]

A '''multiple document interface''' ('''MDI''') is a [[graphical user interface]] in which multiple windows reside under a single parent window. Such systems often allow child windows to embed other windows inside them as well, creating complex [[Hierarchy#Nested hierarchy|nested hierarchies]]. This contrasts with [['''single document interface]]sinterfaces''' ('''SDI''') where all windows are independent of each other.

==Comparison with single document interface==