This article is published by AllBusiness.com, a partner of TIME. What are "APIs?" An API (Application Programming Interface) is a set of protocol routines, and tools for building software. APIs allow ...

“API” is an acronym for application programming interface, a set of protocols that allows two software programs to communicate. APIs are used to power web applications and integrate different software ...

Without application programming interfaces, the modern internet would not be possible. APIs let developers connect easily to cloud-based and on-premises services from different vendors, as well as ...

Commentary - For many business leaders today, their first questions on this topic might just be, “What the heck is an API?” It’s not an issue discussed as often as other software considerations but it ...

An Application Programming Interface (API) is the bridge that allows different software applications to communicate effectively. Born in 1968 with an emphasis on hardware independence, APIs have ...

Application programming interfaces enable information systems to communicate and transfer data among each other. Depending how it is configured, an API can enable a system to send or retrieve data ...

NPR launched an Open API (application programming interface) that it says will make NPR news and information content available to access, include and share on the Web sites and blogs of its member ...

A software tool used in software programming that abstracts all the programming steps into a user interface for the developer. An application programming interface (API) is a software tool used in ...

Google’s Container Engine, the system through which developers can easily create and manage clusters of software containers, is now generally available. Software containers are isolated environments ...