What is an API?

[nitinnarendrahector]

Thank you for the explanation. I'm a beginner Programmer and am still trying to understand how can be use a API to build our custom programs over it. Please let me know any references i can can look into for better understanding

[SelfEnterpriser]

Thanks, Matt. Thank GOODNESS we still have the good ol' whiteboard and dry-erase technology so we can make sense out of all the other stuff. (Notice how much technology has changed since the advent of the whiteboard? The chalkboard has been around forever. Guess it's an issue of "user friendly").

--Dave Charbonneau

[spritf]

Pretty good! Thanks for the clear explanation.

[CrissVideos]

fack this man is stupid

[flintbrenick]

Thanks for the great video. This really helped me out.

[slowhand562]

Get a new pen!

[WVUInternetJunkie]

Good Video! Well explained in le mans term

[glutz78]

This is total insanity. I cant believe this video is linked to on facebook.

An API is a function. It does something for you in a black box. That's it.

[viktor2008]

what is api? its a monkey

[viktor2008]

ill tell you what api means it means ape one icelandic

[nukka4suckas]

thanks that really helped

[lakristianla]

I'm not so good to translate English from speach, but can you tell me(If making an Oeprating System) Then is the API, like my start menu, C: drive, my compyter... i mean all what we use? Tell if i should try ask better.

[specialbffs]

cool

[atarikg]

You're completely a nerd, I like you. Please make more videos. Thanks.

[braigetori]

great vid - thanx man

[deadinsideman]

pretty good.

thanks

[suprafan246]

can you post a video on what is an interface?

[maxxxpayne80]

This definition here is not general at all.

Its a very special "API", so dont use this definition for the general term "API" !

[glowsnail]

API's and Keys are independent concepts. There are myriad API's without any mention of keys and many authentication systems using Keys that don't need or provide an API.