API

abbreviation

1. American Petroleum Institute. Also A.P.I.

2. Computers.,  application programming (or program) interface: a set of protocols used by programmers to create applications for a specific operating system or to interface between the different modules of an application.

API

abbreviation

1. application programming interface

Example Sentences

The API reported a 6.5 million barrel crude stock build, analysts note.

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While the world’s largest cloud provider said it was “now seeing connectivity and API recovery for AWS services” in an update at 12:13 p.m.

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It said in an update on its service status web page the issue "appears to be related to DNS resolution of the DynamoDB API endpoint in US-EAST-1".

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“We stand firmly behind the quality and compliance of our products,” said API Chief Operating Officer Rex Varn.

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At a news conference Friday, Bonta also announced a settlement with four plastic bag producers — Revolution, Metro Poly, PreZero and API — who have agreed to halt plastic bag sales in the state and collectively pay more than $1.7 million for allegedly selling plastic bags that could not be recycled.

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