Application Programming Interface (API)

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Application Programming Interface (API)

Programming interface

An API (Application Programming Interface) is an interface for programmers to exchange data between two pieces of software in a structured way.

With a well-documented API, programmers are enabled to create additional programmes for a software that can dock onto the original base system.