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.—
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—abbreviation API
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Independent researcher Farzan Karimi first realized years ago that misconfigurations in application programming interfaces, or APIs, exposed streaming content to unauthorized access.
—Lily Hay Newman, Wired News, 8 Aug. 2025
Even when the developer draws upon application programming interfaces to forge connections to existing AI agents and services that provide essential functions, there’s always a huge amount of authentication and management that has to be applied at the infrastructure level.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
As TechRadar reports, the outage stemmed from a code issue in Service Control, part of Google’s application programming interfaces (APIs) management and policy checking system.
—John Kell, Fortune, 18 June 2025
Competitive Analysis: Application & API Delivery Hand in hand with application delivery and security comes (from any vendor worth its salt) an equally exhaustive approach to application programming interface management and security alongside AI gateway functionality.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
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Lily Hay Newman, Wired News, 8 Aug. 2025
Even when the developer draws upon application programming interfaces to forge connections to existing AI agents and services that provide essential functions, there’s always a huge amount of authentication and management that has to be applied at the infrastructure level.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
As TechRadar reports, the outage stemmed from a code issue in Service Control, part of Google’s application programming interfaces (APIs) management and policy checking system.
—John Kell, Fortune, 18 June 2025
Competitive Analysis: Application & API Delivery Hand in hand with application delivery and security comes (from any vendor worth its salt) an equally exhaustive approach to application programming interface management and security alongside AI gateway functionality.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
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