2006-11-07 17:44:05 · 3 answers · asked by Matt 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
API stands for Application Programming Interface. It is basically a function which is exposed to be called by outside world.
2006-11-07 17:47:32 · answer #1 · answered by Vaibhav 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically API means “Application Programming Interface”.
This is a function in an application (say App_A) which gives any outside application (say App_B) to access some parts or functionalities of App_A. if I explain it further, its like the following.
Lets say you are writing an application in Visual Basic. You are giving some word processing abilities for the user and you want to run a spell and grammar checks on your application. In this case you don’t have to write an entire algorithm to check spelling and grammar. You can call an API in MS Word application to invoke its “Spelling and grammar check” functions on top of your application! But to do it you have to install MS Word and you have to call the prope API too.
Hope this helps.
Regards
2006-11-08 02:13:08 · answer #2 · answered by Nishan Saliya 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
API is an acronym for "Application Programming Interface".
(How's that for a terrific NON-ANSWER!)
In slightly more human terms, it is whan an application (or script) calls on another, seperate program to do something.
If you are a progarmmer, I bet you use Visual Basic, don't you?
I'm sorry, I hope that helps.
2006-11-08 01:55:56 · answer #3 · answered by troydowning 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋