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Revision 799821 of API

  • Revision slug: Glossary/API
  • Revision title: API
  • Revision id: 799821
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  • Creator: klez
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An API (Application Programming Interface) is a set of features and rules allowing interaction between the software providing the API and other software components. In Web development, API commonly means a set of standard {{glossary("method","methods")}}, {{Glossary("property","properties")}}, events, and {{Glossary("URL","URLs")}} for interacting with Web content.

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<p>An API (Application Programming Interface) is a set of features and rules allowing interaction between the software providing the API and other software components. In Web development, API commonly means a set of standard {{glossary("method","methods")}}, {{Glossary("property","properties")}}, events, and {{Glossary("URL","URLs")}} for interacting with Web content.</p>

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 <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface">API on Wikipedia</a></li>
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<h3 id="Technical_reference">Technical reference</h3>

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 <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API">Web API reference</a></li>
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