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Application Program Interface
(API)

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Application Program Interface has definition The set of procedures or methods through which a layer provides its services 2001-08-30 14:54:32.0
has specification that describes the protocol that higher-level layers use to access it, as well as the semantics of each service, including the side effects
is a subtopic of 3.3 - Frameworks: Reusable Subsystems
is abbreviated as API
is a kind of interface^2 2001-08-30 14:54:32.0

interface^2 see also interface 2001-08-30 14:56:01.0
see also interface^3

Application Program Interface	has definition The set of procedures or methods through which a layer provides its services
	has specification that describes the protocol that higher-level layers use to access it, as well as the semantics of each service, including the side effects
	is a subtopic of 3.3 - Frameworks: Reusable Subsystems
	is abbreviated as API
	is a kind of interface^2
interface^2	see also interface
interface^2	see also interface^3