The meaning of API

java api data-transfer-objects
NewMember picture NewMember · Aug 4, 2009 · Viewed 9.1k times · Source

Could anyone please tell me the meaning of API in following paragraph, that's actually about Transfer Object:

If it's likely that a business service might be asked to send or receive all or most of its data in a big, coarse-grained message, it's common for that service to provide that feature in its API.

Thanks in advance.

Answer

RichieHindle picture RichieHindle · Aug 4, 2009

"Application Programming Interface" - a set of functions that a programmer uses to communicate with a piece of software or a service.

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