API

abbreviation

Also A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.

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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Words nearby API

aphthous, aphthous fever, aphthous stomatitis, aphylaxis, aphyllous, API, Apia, apiaceous, apian, apiarian, apiarist

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Example sentences from the Web for API

For those with coding experience, you might also consider whether the data is available through an API.
Self-Tracking for N00bz|Jamie Todd Rubin|July 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
FitBark will also offer an open API, and encourages developers to get involved with the platform.
Fitness Gadgets … for Your Dog|Megan Humphreys|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What's a little stunning is that this is the third time the League has tried to launch the API—the first time was in 2002.
Israel and The Arab Peace Initiative: Top-down Ignorance|Emily L. Hauser|June 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We can't know what the Middle East would look like today if Israel had pursued the API eleven years ago (or five years ago).
Israel and The Arab Peace Initiative: Top-down Ignorance|Emily L. Hauser|June 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The stated goal of the API is a comprehensive, regional peace, and normalized relations with the Israeli people.
Israel and The Arab Peace Initiative: Top-down Ignorance|Emily L. Hauser|June 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Fruit, small, but a little larger and somewhat flatter than the Api, to which it bears a close resemblance.
British Pomology|Robert Hogg
The tree has much similarity to the Api in its growth, and is a good bearer.
British Pomology|Robert Hogg
The habit of the tree is similar to that of the Api, but it is rather a larger grower.
British Pomology|Robert Hogg
Api maco su lilecoe, ma nnas mi aus omai mcono mi taucuchs oypa mi tauco chaquenit op neyatto chaquenit opu liletto.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 3|Hubert Howe Bancroft
Suitable either for the dessert, or for culinary purposes; it is inferior to the Api and not a first-rate apple.
British Pomology|Robert Hogg

British Dictionary definitions for API

API

abbreviation for

application programming interface

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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