application programming interface

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应用程序编程接口, API

a set of functions and procedures allowing the creation of applications that access the features or data of an operating system, application, or other service

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Developers use an Application Programming Interface to integrate different software systems.
开发人员使用应用程序编程接口来集成不同的软件系统。
The new feature is available through our public API.
新功能可通过我们的公共 API 获得。