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API (Application Programming Interface)
How two pieces of software talk to each other.
An API is a contract that lets one piece of software request data or actions from another. Your site might use Stripe's API for payments, Google Maps API for maps, OpenAI's API for chatbots. APIs are how modern sites are stitched together from specialist services.
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