Application Programming Interface
Learn how the OS acts as an API in a computer.
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API
The Application Programming Interface (API) is the interface the OS provides to an application to interact with system libraries. In general, an API refers to a set of agreements between the interacting components of an information system. These agreements often become a well-known standard. For example, the POSIX standard describes the API for a portable OS. The standard guarantees the compatibility of the OS and ...
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