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ALSO CALLED:
API,
Application Program Interface,
Application Program Interfaces
DEFINITION: An application program interface (API - and sometimes spelled application programming interface) is the specific method prescribed by a computer operating system or by an application program by which a programmer writing an application program can make requests of the operating system or another application.An API can be contrasted with a graphical user interface or a command interface (both of which
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APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES DEFINITION (continued):
An application program interface (API - and sometimes spelled application programming interface) is the specific method prescribed by a computer operating system or by an application program by which a programmer writing an application program can make requests of the operating system or another application.An API can be contrasted with a graphical user interface or a command interface (both of which are direct user interfaces) as interfaces to an operating system or a program. Application Programming Interfaces definition sponsored by SearchExchange.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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