What API Means ?

API means - Application Programming Interface

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API is a technology to facilitate communication between software applications/devices

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API is a set of programming code that enables data transmission from one software/server or product to another

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Analogy: In a restaurant you give food order to waiter. He he brings food from kitchen. Here waiter is API, you are client and kitchen is a server

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API is simplified way of connecting your application with other applications like Twitter or Google to get data

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APIs open up access to other applications' resources maintaining and security and control

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Use of APIs can save huge time and cost of development

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