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    An API is an interface that allows software programs to communicate with each other. It defines routines, data structures, object classes and protocols for exchanging information. Web APIs typically use HTTP requests and responses in JSON or XML format to share data between web applications and services. APIs enable content like photos, videos and user information to be embedded and shared across different websites and platforms. They allow for cross-platform compatibility and can operate on various operating systems if the necessary libraries support the APIs. Common examples of APIs include those for graphics, sound, computing and Windows.

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    An API is an interface that allows software programs to communicate with each other. It defines routines, data structures, object classes and protocols for exchanging information. Web APIs typically use HTTP requests and responses in JSON or XML format to share data between web applications and services. APIs enable content like photos, videos and user information to be embedded and shared across different websites and platforms. They allow for cross-platform compatibility and can operate on various operating systems if the necessary libraries support the APIs. Common examples of APIs include those for graphics, sound, computing and Windows.

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    An API is an interface that allows software programs to communicate with each other. It defines routines, data structures, object classes and protocols for exchanging information. Web APIs typically use HTTP requests and responses in JSON or XML format to share data between web applications and services. APIs enable content like photos, videos and user information to be embedded and shared across different websites and platforms. They allow for cross-platform compatibility and can operate on various operating systems if the necessary libraries support the APIs. Common examples of APIs include those for graphics, sound, computing and Windows.

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    An API is an interface that allows software programs to communicate with each other. It defines routines, data structures, object classes and protocols for exchanging information. Web APIs typically use HTTP requests and responses in JSON or XML format to share data between web applications and services. APIs enable content like photos, videos and user information to be embedded and shared across different websites and platforms. They allow for cross-platform compatibility and can operate on various operating systems if the necessary libraries support the APIs. Common examples of APIs include those for graphics, sound, computing and Windows.

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    API(APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFFACE)

                     
                                       An Application Programming Interface (API) is an interface 
    implemented by a software program to enable its interaction with other software. It is 
    similar to the way the user interface facilitates interaction between humans and 
    computers. APIs are implemented by applications, libraries and operating systems to 
    determine the vocabulary and calling conventions.  It may include specifications for 
    routines, data structures, object classes, and protocols used to communicate between 
    the consumer and implementer of the API.
                                     An API is an abstraction that describes an interface for the 
    interaction with a set of functions used by components of a software system. The 
    software providing the functions described by an API is said to be an implementation 
    of the API.

    Web APIs:
    When used in the context of web development, an API is typically a defined set of 
    Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request messages along with a definition of the 
    structure of response messages, usually expressed in an Extensible Markup Language 
    (XML) or JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format.
                                                            While "Web API" is virtually a synonym for web 
    service, the recent trend (so­called Web 2.0) has been moving away from Simple 
    Object Access Protocol (SOAP) based services towards more direct Representational 
    State Transfer (REST) style communication

    Use of APIs to share content:

    •Photos can be shared from sites like Flickr and Photobucket to social network sites 
    like Facebook and MySpace.
    •Content can be embedded, e.g., embedding a presentation from SlideShare on a 
    Linked­In profile
    •Content can be dynamically posted. Sharing live comments made on Twitter to a 
    Facebook account.
    •Video content can be embedded on sites which are served by another host.
    •User information can be shared from web communities to outside applications, 
    delivering new functionality to the web community that shares its user data via an 
    open API.
    Implementations:
                      API  can operate on many different systems (Mac OS X, and various 
    Berkeley Software Distributions (BSDs) implement this interface); 
    A compatible API, on the other hand, allows compiled object code to function 
    without any changes to the system implementing that API. This is beneficial to both 
    software providers and users may install older software on their new systems without 
    purchasing upgrades), although this generally requires that various software libraries 
    implement the necessary APIs as well.

    API examples:
    •ASPI for SCSI device interfacing
    •Java APIs
    •OpenGL cross­platform graphics API
    •OpenAL cross­platform sound API
    •OpenCL cross­platform API for general­purpose computing for CPUs & GPUs
    •Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)
    •Windows API

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