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What is API?

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API is an Application Programming Interface.

It is an interface that defines the ways by which an application program may request services from libraries and/or operating systems.

An API determines the vocabulary and calling conventions the programmer should employ to use the services. It may include specifications for routines, data structures, object classes, and protocols used to communicate between the requesting software and the library.

An API itself is largely abstract in that it specifies an interface and controls the behavior of the objects specified in that interface. The software that provides the functionality described by an API is said to be an implementation of the API. An API is typically defined in terms of the programming language used to build the application.

The API initialism may sometimes be used as a reference, not only to the full interface, but also to one function, or even a set of multiple APIs provided by an organization. Thus, the scope of meaning is usually determined by the person or document that communicates the information.

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API (Application Programming Interfacing) make you able to control a system by sending/receiving data

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API (Application Programming Interfacing) is a gateway between program/service that contains it with another programs.

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To access system call and get services of operating system

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Application Programming Interface

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