Remember API
Full name: Application Programming Interface
Memory aid: Applications Program against an Interface contract.
An API can be local or remote; it is not necessarily a web service.
Study area: Data & integration · Batch 4
Relevant study for: Azure Data Fundamentals DP-900 · CompTIA Cloud+ · Azure AI Fundamentals AI-901 · Azure AI Apps and Agents Developer AI-103
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API — Application Programming Interface
Defines how software components interact.
Why learn API — Application Programming Interface?
Defines how software components interact.
Where it came from
An API can be local or remote; it is not necessarily a web service.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): Applications Program against an Interface contract.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand API: Application Programming Interface.
- Recall this memory aid: Applications Program against an Interface contract.
- Explain the practical use: Defines how software components interact.
- Explain this distinction: An API can be local or remote; it is not necessarily a web service.
- Identify API in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- Microsoft data fundamentals (learn.microsoft.com)