What is an API, really? Here is an explanation.
How to explain what an API is – and why they matter – theregister.com
Explaining what an API is can be surprisingly difficult. It’s striking to remember that they have been around for about as long as we’ve had programming languages, and that while the “API economy” might be a relatively recent term, APIs have been enabling innovation for decades. But how to best describe them to someone for whom application programming interfaces mean little or nothing?
Link: How to explain what an API is – and why they matter
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