API is a term common in professional settings and discussions about software development, but what does it mean and how do they work?

Developers use application programming interfaces to hide complexity, organize code, design reusable components, and connect different systems, applications, or services.

API stands for "application programming interface," and it's a framework that allows programs to communicate and connect with each other.

The key difference between the terms REST versus RESTful is that REST refers to a philosophy about the architecture and design of web services, while the term RESTful refers to any API that properly ...

Chrome will support the WebGPU API by default—here’s why that’s important Next-gen web graphics API aims to address the shortcomings of WebGL.

Web API doesn’t allow you to pass multiple complex objects in the method signature of a Web API controller method — you can post only a single value to a Web API action method.

While the concept of an "API restriction" may not sound dramatic, this latest change has users once again worried about Twitter's future.