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programming interface

programming interface is the ellipsis of application programming interface.

Meaning of application programming interface

Noun

application programming interface (plural application programming interfaces)

  1. A set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications, which makes it possible for software components to interact with one another.
    Synonyms:
    API

Forms of programming interface

pluralprogramming interfaces

Questions about programming interface

What is programming interface the ellipsis of?
Programming interface is the ellipsis of application programming interface.

Words near programming interface in the dictionary

  1. programmes
  2. programming
  3. programming by contract
  4. programming in the large
  5. programming in the small
  6. programming interface
  7. programming interfaces
  8. programming language
  9. programming languages
  10. programming socks
  11. programming style

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Adapted from Wiktionary: programming interface (page history and authors); application programming interface (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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