What is the purpose of an API?

To compile code using an integrated development environment
To execute code via the command line interface
To help edit code using a debugger
To provide an interface between user and software

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What is the purpose of an API?

To compile code using an integrated development environment
 To execute code via the command line interface
 To help edit code using a debugger
 To provide an interface between user and software

Alexis1415 · Answer

@kekeman What do you think based on what you have learned?

kekeman · Answer

Well it is an acronym for Application Program Interface, a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software and applications

Alexis1415 · Answer

@kekeman wrote:

Well it is an acronym for Application Program Interface, a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software and applications

Yes it is and based off of your information and this information below what do you think the answer would be? "API is an acronym that stands for “application programming interface,” and it allows apps to send information between each other. While there are numerous protocols and technologies involved, the underlying purpose of APIs is always the same: to let one piece of software communicate with another." Link to source:https://www.okta.com/blog/2020/10/api-application-programming-interface/

kekeman · Answer

Ummm lets see D.)?

54007GD · Answer

what is API?