API
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American Petroleum Institute. Also A.P.I.
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Computers. application programming (or program) interface: a set of protocols used by programmers to create applications for a specific operating system or to interface between the different modules of an application.
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YipitData found that effective API prices fell 6% in May 2026, after falling 39% in the second half of 2025.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Trump Media & Technology Group, the company running the platform, has dismissed concerns over the product, which is called Truth API and was first unveiled in mid-July.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Our new Truth API product is already generating revenue,” McGurn says on the company’s 2Q earnings release, in which it reported deepening losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Truth API provides customers with machine-readable feeds from popular accounts within milliseconds, McGurn said Monday, giving customers “fractionally faster” access to public information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
This is a glimpse of the API at work in the game.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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