WHAT DOES API ACTUALLY MEAN?
We are still at ALPHATESTER here. And that is about innovation, tech and digital lifestyle. The abbreviations I tackle in this format come from that corner too. Because sometimes you think: what does that mean again? What does it stand for? But then you have already forgotten it again. The meeting is over and next time I won’t know again. Some abbreviations can also have different meanings. The British TV broadcaster BBC, for example, could tell you a thing or two about that.
WHAT DOES API ACTUALLY MEAN? API = APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
Wikipedia says: An API is a programming interface (also an interface for programming applications). A part of a program that a software system makes available to other programs for connecting to the system. Nowadays many online services also provide programming interfaces; these are then called web services.