Concept information
Preferred term
application programming interface
Type
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Topic
Definition
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An Application Programming Interface, or API, is a set of software instructions and standards that allows machine to machine communication-like when a website uses a widget to share a link on Twitter or Facebook.
Source: Glossary, data.gov
Type: Concept definition
Broader concept
Synonyms
- API (application programming interface)
In other languages
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/315205
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