application program interface

An API can be contrasted with a graphical user interface or a command interface (both of which are direct user interfaces) as interfaces to an operating system or a program.

Read more about application program interface: - SearchVB.com, a portal for Visual Basic developers, includes a collection of links about its API. - SearchWin2000.com has a collection of Internet links related to its application program interface.

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