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Application programming interfaces let software talk directly

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An API is essentially a digital restaurant menu. It explicitly lists exactly what data one program can request from another program, without revealing any messy underlying code. It is the sole reason a weather app on your phone can seamlessly drag forecast data out of a completely different remote server without causing total system collapse.

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