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An application programming interface (API) is a connection between computers or between computer programs. It is a type of software interface, offering a service to other pieces of software. [1] A document or standard that describes how to build such a connection or interface is called an API specification.
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) is an application programming interface (API) for the Java programming language which defines how a client may access a database.It is a Java-based data access technology used for Java database connectivity.
An API for directory services. Jakarta Persistence: JPA A specification for object-relational mapping. available here: Java Speech API: JSAPI This API allows for speech synthesis and speech recognition. Java 3D: J3D A scene graph-based 3D API. available here: Java OpenGL: JOGL A wrapper library for OpenGL. available here: Java USB for Windows ...
An example of a popular web API is the Astronomy Picture of the Day API operated by the American space agency NASA. It is a server-side API used to retrieve photographs of space or other images of interest to astronomers, and metadata about the images. According to the API documentation, [15] the API has one endpoint:
The official CGI logo from the spec announcement. In computing, Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is an interface specification that enables web servers to execute an external program to process HTTP or HTTPS user requests.
An open API (often referred to as a public API) is a publicly available application programming interface that provides developers with programmatic access to a (possibly proprietary) software application or web service. [1] Open APIs are APIs that are published on the internet and are free to access by consumers. [2]
A software design description (a.k.a. software design document or SDD; just design document; also Software Design Specification) is a representation of a software design that is to be used for recording design information, addressing various design concerns, and communicating that information to the design’s stakeholders.
A Doclet is written in Java and uses the Doclet API, The StandardDoclet included with Javadoc generates API documentation as frame-based HTML files. Other Doclets are available on the web [citation needed], often for free. These can be used to: Create other types of documentation (non-API) Output to a format other than HTML; such as PDF