API

abbreviation

1. American Petroleum Institute. Also A.P.I.

2. 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.

API

abbreviation

1. application programming interface

Example Sentences

"While we respect Anthropic's decision to cut off our API access, it's disappointing considering our API remains available to them," they added.

From BBC

The most controversial moneymaking decision was CEO Steve Huffman’s plan to charge for access to Reddit’s previously free data API, as a means of restricting the amount of Reddit text that web crawlers from A.I. firms could automatically ingest and use for model training.

From Slate

This inspired widespread revolt among Redditors, especially those who’d benefited from no-cost API access for coding mobile apps, user bots, and other extensions to enhance and customize the Reddit experience.

From Slate

It says the process of investigating and fixing the API flaw was "extremely open".

From BBC

"The database might be encrypted and all the other precautions taken, but if there is a way of glitching the API authorisation, anyone who knows how could potentially gain access," he added.

From BBC