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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]]
*[[API]]
*[[Application]]
*[[Blockchain]]
*[[Blockchain]]
*[[Disruptor]]
*[[Disruptor]]
*[[Fintech]]
*[[Fintech]]
*[[MT940]]
*[[Open banking APIs]]
*[[Open banking APIs]]
*[[Regtech]]
*[[Regtech]]
[[Category:Technology]]

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.


See also