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IMAGING GLOSSARY

API (software)

Application Programmer's Interface. The set of routines that make up a library or toolkit.

An API is a language and message format used by an application program to communicate with another program that provides services for it. APIs are usually implemented by writing function calls.

Examples of APIs are the calls made by an application program to such programs as an operating system, messaging system or database management system

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