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API  

Definition

  • API is a set of software functions, or software interface, enabling communication between two or more pieces of software. Documents relating to the construction and use of the connection is an API specification.

Entry terms

  • Application Programming Interface

Source

  • “Application Programming Interface (API).” 2009. In Encyclopedia of Biometrics, 41–41. Boston, MA: Springer US.

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http://purl.org/knot/thesaurus/api

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