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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>An '''Application Programming Interface''' (often shortened to the acronym, '''API''') is a formal [[interface]] specification for a [[software]] [[sub-system]]. The form of each API will depend on the system in which it is defined. For example, for an API in a [[programming language]], it would be a list of [[subroutine]] names, with the [[argument]]s for each individual subroutine. For one used over a [[data network]], it would specify the [[protocol]] to be used, along with the details ([[syntax]], and [[semantics]]) of what information has to be supplied to the entity at the other end, along with the details of what information will be returned.<br />
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