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abbreviation

American Petroleum Institute.Also A.P.I.

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

Aphrodite, Aphrodite Terra, aphtha, aphthous fever, aphyllous, API, Apia, apiaceous, apian, apiarian, apiarist

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How to use API in a sentence

According to Haidak's complaint, Gibney declined API's offers to press charges or seek counseling.
Is UMass-Amherst Biased Against Male Students in Title IX Assault Cases?|Emily Shire|August 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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
The allegation that changes of regimes following the Arab Spring has rendered the API meaningless is untrue.
5 Arab Spring Opportunities For Israel|Nimrod Goren, Elie Podeh|June 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST

In the absence of a bi-lateral breakthrough, Israel should use the Arab Peace Initiative (API) to break the ice.
5 Arab Spring Opportunities For Israel|Nimrod Goren, Elie Podeh|June 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The lofty peak of the Goenoeng Api still smoulders, although the main crater is supposed to be extinct.
Through the Malay Archipelago|Emily Richings
They are called in the Malay language gunong-api, or more correctly, gunong ber-api.
The History of Sumatra|William Marsden
Between Gunong Api and Neira there is a third channel, but it is navigable for small vessels only.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2|Various
The habit of the tree is similar to that of the Api, but it is rather a larger grower.
British Pomology|Robert Hogg
A dessert apple, inferior to the Api, and cultivated merely for curiosity.
British Pomology|Robert Hogg

British Dictionary definitions for API

API

abbreviation for

application programming interface

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