API — definition (Java) | ExpertGlossary

Java

See application programming interface.

David J. Barnes — Object-Oriented Programming with Java

Application Programming Interface. The specification of how a programmer writing an application accesses the behavior and state of classes and objects.

Sun Microsystems — Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) Glossary

Technology

Defense

Ascent-Phase Intercept.

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Technology

Records Management

See application program interface (API).

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SEO / Search Marketing

Application Program Interface - a series of conventions or routines used to access software functions. Most major search products have an API program.

SEO Book — The Search Engine Marketing Glossary

Abbreviation for Application Program Interface. An API is a set of routines, protocols and tools for building software applications; it determines how a service is invoked through the application.

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Technology

Storage

Application Program Interface. A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other system, control program, or communications protocol.

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