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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Example Sentences
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The added muscle of the API, which represents about 600 member companies in oil and gas, made a huge difference for this new bill.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The SpaceX deal brings higher usage limits to Claude Code and the Claude API, or the gateway that allows developers to build their own tools on top of Claude.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
“By connecting our two-sided marketplace with Uber, we’re bringing Uber rides directly into the Expedia app, and Expedia Group’s lodging inventory into the Uber app through our Rapid API technology.”
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
As of April 8, Anthropic’s Claude API had a 98.95% uptime rate in the last 90 days.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
This is a glimpse of the API at work in the game.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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