What is an API? Reading Assignment

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#1048

  1. What is an API? Application Programming Interface :
    In conept it is the USER’s INTERACTION WITHIN WEB-APPLICATION.

  2. In the article the author compares Java API to Twitter API. What is the main difference between these two APIs?
    *The Java API defines what you can do with a List: add items, sort the list, determine if an item is in the list, etc.
    *The Twitter is a web-based API. It must be accessed by making requests over the Internet to services that Twitter hosts.

  3. The section in the article about abstraction is important, try to understand it and write down an abstraction from your daily life.
    Purchasing Groceries from the store not focused on the logistics it took for them to arrive for consumption.

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#1049

1) What is an API?
An API is an Application with a programming interface. Coders can write API’s, put these online so that other people/coders can use these for their own project. This way you don’t have to write everything from scratch and can save a lot of time.
2) In the article the author compares Java API to Twitter API. What is the main difference between these two APIs?
Twitter is a web-based API which sends an request using the JSON language and can only be used within Twitter. Java API is a library of software components which you can use for many different purposes.
3) The section in the article about abstraction is important, try to understand it and write down an abstraction from your daily life.
Turning on my Computer using the Power On/Off button.

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#1050

1) What is an API?
The Application Programming interface is an application that specifies what and how we can interact with a software component.

2) In the article the author compares Java API to Twitter API. What is the main difference between these two APIs?
JAVA API is included in the JAva Development kit installed in the same machine and the Twitter Api is a web-based Api thus you send HTTP request to interact with it.

3) The section in the article about abstraction is important, try to understand it and write down an abstraction from your daily life.
When I want to change the TV channel or the volume, I have only to interact with the buttons in my remote, abstracted of what happens electronically.

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#1051

1) What is an API?
It is an application of pre-loaded code and instructions that help programmers build software that a Client can use to grab data and communicate with the Server. It is a bridge in a sense.

2) In the article the author compares Java API to Twitter API. What is the main difference between these two APIs?
The Java API is common, it interacts in the Java environment, prewritten classes that provide interfaces, methods, fields.
Twitter uses two APIs the REST API that allows developers to access core Twitter data and the Search API that provides methods for developers to interact with and search trend data.

3) The section in the article about abstraction is important, try to understand it and write down an abstraction from your daily life.
The Crypto stories and DeFi news selection on my phone based on my interest and browsing history is an abstraction.

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#1052

1 - An API is a set of definitions and protocols that makes the creation and the integration of software applications easier.

2 - The Java API is included in the Java Development Kit whereas the Twitter API is a web-based API. Therefore, the Twitter API requires an internet connection to send requests unlike the Java API which communicates directly with the JDK.

3 - Thanks to Amazon Go stores, I can do my shopping faster. I don’t have to queue at the checkout, take out my credit card or count my change and pay.

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#1053

1) What is an API?
An API is a way to programmatically interact with a separate software component or resource.

2) In the article the author compares Java API to Twitter API. What is the main difference between these two APIs?

Java API - programmers don’t have to start from scratch every time (i.e libraries, lists)
Twitter API - a web-based JSON that must be accessed by making requests over the Internet to services that Twitter hosts.

3) The section in the article about abstraction is important, try to understand it and write down an abstraction from your daily life.

Humans tend to be more comfortable with simple life decisions/tasks instead of deep and complex chain of actions. By making easily accessible automation’s, people can enjoy a more relaxed life.

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#1054
  1. It is an interface that interacts with software components.
  2. Java API is a list of actions that we can do using the library in a wider way, as the Twitter API is an interaction with Twitter database. In a sense is designed to perform actions related to tweets in Twitter website.
  3. Abstraction for me will be to do the laundry, I just select one program on my washing machine and it automatically put the water to certain temperature for so much time and wash all my clothes. Then when finish make a noise and I just pick up.
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#1055

hi everyone,

  1. It means application programming interface and to make it simple it is a way for a program/computer to say to another one “you can talk to me, I can even provide you services but to do this here is how you have to do, talk to me this way following these rules”.
  2. The Twitter API is a web-based API that must be accessed by making requests over the Internet while the JAVA API is included in the Java development kit.
  3. Press the button at the self service and pay for Big Mac at McDonald (actually two Big Macs, and some French Fries, you can’t be half a gangster). No idea how they do it behind the scenes, and I think I don’t want to know, I just enjoy it from time to time.
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#1056

1.) An API (Application Programming Interface) is an external software component’s way to programmatically interact with a separate software component or resource (each have their own API).
2.) The main difference between the Java API and the Twitter API is that the Java API can only be accessed through the Java Development Kit (a computer installation with list definitions), whereas the Twitter API is available from the regular web. The only thing needed to access the Twitter API is a request over the internet to services that twitter hosts.
3.) An example of abstraction in my daily life would be the Wi-Fi button on every IPhone’s widget setting’s bar. An IPhone user can simply press the Wi-Fi button to a light blue color, which is letting the IPhone know to connect to the closest and fastest Wi-Fi router available. The Wi-Fi’s data is then stored on the user’s phone for reference, and then whenever the user is out-and-about and ends up being near a former Wi-Fi connection, the phone knows to automatically connect to the router if the button is turned on. If the user only wants to use a satellite data connection, however, the user just needs to tap the Wi-Fi button to the off position, which leaves the button a grayish color.

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#1057

  1. What is an API?
    An API is a way to programmatically interact with a separate software component or resource.

  2. In the article the author compares Java API to Twitter API. What is the main difference between these two APIs?
    THe Java API is included in the Java Development Kit while Twitter API is just a web based API. Web based API must be accessed by making requests over the Internet to services that Twitter hosts

  3. The section in the article about abstraction is important, try to understand it and write down an abstraction from your daily life.
    Financial modeling is an abstraction in our daily lives, whereby “professionals” speak about potential future valuation of an assets, using extrapolations and other methods, but there is no certainty

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#1058

1) What is an API?

Application programming interfaces are defined as a specification of possible interactions with a software component.

2) In the article the author compares Java API to Twitter API. What is the main difference between these two APIs?

Java API is a public library of software components which implement common tasks and increase programmer’s productivity and it is available to anyone who has installed the Java Development Kit, as the Twitter API is a web-based JSON API that allows developers to programmatically interact with Twitter data and it can only be accessed by making requests over the Internet.

3) The section in the article about abstraction is important, try to understand it and write down an abstraction from your daily life.

Organizing two-week vacation can be “abstracted away” by using travel agency so you don’t need to worry about booking each transportation, excursion, and accommodation by yourself.

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#1059

  1. API = Application Programming Interface is a piece of software which enables client/server communication. API’s define communication rules and support the communication between different software applications.

  2. Java API is a library which supports developers in programming APIs. Whereas, the Twitter API is a web-based API, ready to use, and which allows interacting with Twitter data.

  3. Use of my non-custodial wallet for any kind of transaction.

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#1060

  1. What is an API? software intermediary that allows two separate apps to talk to eachother

  2. In the article the author compares Java API to Twitter API. What is the main difference between these two APIs?
    The Twitter API is a web-based JSON API that allows developers to programmatically interact with Twitter data. Unlike the Java API, which is included in the Java Development Kit, the Twitter API is a web-based API. It must be accessed by making requests over the Internet to services that Twitter hosts.
    The Java API defines what you can do with a List: add items, sort the list, determine if an item is in the list, etc. It also specifies how to perform those actions

  3. The section in the article about abstraction is important, try to understand it and write down an abstraction from your daily life.

When I order chipotle from my doordash app all I have to do is put in the specific burrito i want, click a button and pay. From there, without me ever having to know how or who is involved, i’ve got a delicious burrito delivered to my front door 20 min later

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#1061

1) What is an API?
API is predefined set of smaller applications that allows to connect different code components running on the machine.

2) In the article the author compares Java API to Twitter API. What is the main difference between these two APIs?
Java API components are included in Java SDK, which help you realize smaller tasks without inventing the “wheel”; whereas Twitter API is a web-based JSON API, which allows you access twitter data through web services.

3) The section in the article about abstraction is important, try to understand it and write down an abstraction from your daily life.
Ordering a taxi thorugh a mobile app could be an example of an abstraction. I have to open my phone, login to a taxi app, choose a route, choose a payment option and place an order.

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#1062

  1. What is an API?
    API stands forapplication programming interface, it programmaticly interacts with separate software, compo90nent or resource.

  2. In the article the author compares Java API to Twitter API. What is the main difference between these two APIs?
    The Java API is a library of software components available “out of the box” to anyone who has installed the Java Development Kit.
    These components implement common tasks and generally increase productivity because programmers don’t have to start from scratch every time.
    The Twitter API is a web-based JSON API that allows developers to programmatically interact with Twitter data.
    Unlike the Java API, which is included in the Java Development Kit, the Twitter API is a web-based API.
    It must be accessed by making requests over the Internet to services that Twitter

  3. The section in the article about abstraction is important, try to understand it and write down an abstraction from your daily life.
    Following a recipe & changing it as you go, good chance it won’t be the same & taste awfull.

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#1063

API abstraction could be the remote control, car keys that turns the engine on, when i enter my garage and press a button to open the door. Ordering Uber eats (fetches maps, processes paymentens, and sends the order to the store)

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#1064

API stands for Application Programming Interface. It serves as a data transmitter between two different pieces of software.
APIs consist of two main components:
Specification. Specifications that describe the details of data exchange. They determine the method of obtaining data.
Interface. An interface provides communication between two programs. REST, API, RPC are the most popular API interfaces. There are different API types that have their own use cases and features (JSON-RPC and XML-RPC). The widespread use of APIs in software development has led to their division into different types and architectures (open, internal, partner).
This is a short answer to the question of what is api in software.

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#1065
  1. API stands for Application Programming Interface. An API is a specification of possible interactions with a software component. It is the abstract layer that hides the complexity of code execution.
  2. Java API is a common predetermined code already included in the Java Development Kit.
    Twitter API is a specific, web based API that returns data to the the requesting client, by making requests over the Internet to the Twitter server.
  3. An every day example would be ordering a pizza instead of getting all the ingredients and making one yourself.
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#1066

Answers

  1. Application Programming Interfaces (API) defined as a specification of possible interactions with a software component, in other words is the abstraction of instructions in a reusable code.

2.- Java API is alredy include in the development kit and Twitter API is a web based API it need to interact with twitter data base. So the main difference is the requirements to communicate.

3.- An abstraction in my daily life could be getting grocerys from the store, using my phone to make a call, sending a letter, using money is an abstraction of labor.

Español
1.¿Qué es una API?
2. En el artículo el autor compara una API de Java a una de Twitter. ¿Cuál es la principal diferencia entre estas dos?
3. La sección en el artículo sobre abstracción es importante, intenta entendrelo y escribe un ejemplo de abstracción en tu vida diaria.

Respuestas

  1. Aplicación para programación de interfaces (API) definido como la especificación de posibles interacciones con un componente de software, en otras palabras, es la abstracción de instrucciones en forma de código re-utilizable.

  2. Java API está internamente incluida en kit de desarrollo de Java y Twitter API está basada para sitios web que necesitan interactuar con la base de datos. La principal diferencia está dada por los requisitos que necesita para comunicarse.

  3. Una abstracción en mi vida puede ser el comprar productos de la tienda, usar mi celular, enviar una carta o usar dinero como una abstracción del trabajo implícito.

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#1067
  1. specification of possible interactions with a software component.
  2. Java is used within a software and twitter api is web based.
  3. Cooking all my meals on one day of the week versus making new meals everyday.
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