application programming interface
noun
variants
or less commonly application program interface
computing
: a set of rules that allows programmers to develop software for a particular operating system without having to be completely familiar with that operating system
To fix this problem, trustbusters have installed a provision forcing Microsoft to disclose more information about its so-called application programming interfaces, or APIs.—
Business Week
—abbreviation API
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Boston Dynamics is now announcing a new variant of Spot that includes a low-level application programming interface (API) that gives joint-level control of the robot.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2024
While many people use its official app or website, others get a similar experience through apps made by third-party software developers that use Reddit's API (application programming interface).
—David Ingram, NBC News, 12 June 2023
OpenAI, on the other hand, develops and sells AI tools and application programming interfaces (APIs).
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024
The backend comes from the loyalty commerce company Points and its suite of services, including an expansive application programming interface (API).
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2023
The group found the posts by drawing a 1% sample of all posts from Twitter’s API, or application programming interface.
—Time, 19 July 2023
Microsoft said on Wednesday that this was possible because of a flaw related to an application programming interface that the company had provided to help customer systems cryptographically validate signatures.
—Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
Twitter had asked the MTA to pay $50,000 a month to continue accessing the platform’s application programming interface, or API, an infrastructure tool that allows for multiple computer programs to work together, according to an MTA official.
—Skylar Woodhouse, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2023
Background data about engagement, volume and other metrics is usually retrieved through a platform’s application programming interface, or A.P.I. The major tech companies have long offered some degree of access, but researchers said that now seems to be shrinking.
—Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2024
While many people use its official app or website, others get a similar experience through apps made by third-party software developers that use Reddit's API (application programming interface).
—David Ingram, NBC News, 12 June 2023
OpenAI, on the other hand, develops and sells AI tools and application programming interfaces (APIs).
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024
The backend comes from the loyalty commerce company Points and its suite of services, including an expansive application programming interface (API).
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2023
The group found the posts by drawing a 1% sample of all posts from Twitter’s API, or application programming interface.
—Time, 19 July 2023
Microsoft said on Wednesday that this was possible because of a flaw related to an application programming interface that the company had provided to help customer systems cryptographically validate signatures.
—Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
Twitter had asked the MTA to pay $50,000 a month to continue accessing the platform’s application programming interface, or API, an infrastructure tool that allows for multiple computer programs to work together, according to an MTA official.
—Skylar Woodhouse, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2023
Background data about engagement, volume and other metrics is usually retrieved through a platform’s application programming interface, or A.P.I. The major tech companies have long offered some degree of access, but researchers said that now seems to be shrinking.
—Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
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