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''Information technology''. | |||
(API). | (API). | ||
An API is a set of commands, functions, protocols, and objects that programmers can use to create software or interact with an external system. | An API is a set of commands, functions, protocols, and objects that programmers can use to create software or interact with an external system. | ||
It is a machine-readable interface for machine to machine communication. | |||
It provides developers with standard commands for performing common operations so they do not have to write the code from scratch. | It provides developers with standard commands for performing common operations so they do not have to write the code from scratch. | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
*[[API]] | |||
*[[Application]] | |||
*[[Blockchain]] | *[[Blockchain]] | ||
*[[Disruptor]] | *[[Disruptor]] | ||
*[[Fintech]] | *[[Fintech]] | ||
*[[MT940]] | |||
*[[Open banking APIs]] | *[[Open banking APIs]] | ||
*[[Regtech]] | *[[Regtech]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:48, 25 September 2022
Information technology.
(API).
An API is a set of commands, functions, protocols, and objects that programmers can use to create software or interact with an external system.
It is a machine-readable interface for machine to machine communication.
It provides developers with standard commands for performing common operations so they do not have to write the code from scratch.
