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application programming interface

software interface between computers and/or programs
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application programming interface

Summary

application programming interface is a computer science term[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of computer_science_term entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,976 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • application programming interface's field of work was computer science[3].
  • application programming interface's field of work was computer programming[4].
  • application programming interface's field of work was software development[5].
  • application programming interface's instance of is recorded as computer science term[6].
  • application programming interface's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[7].
  • application programming interface's instance of is recorded as field of study[8].
  • application programming interface's instance of is recorded as field of study[9].
  • application programming interface is a type of computer interface[10].
  • application programming interface is a type of computing platform[11].
  • application programming interface is a type of communication protocol[12].
  • application programming interface is used for encapsulation[13].
  • application programming interface's Commons category is recorded as Application programming interfaces[14].
  • application programming interface's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Application programming interfaces[15].
  • application programming interface's facet of is recorded as computer science[16].
  • application programming interface's facet of is recorded as software engineering[17].
  • application programming interface's facet of is recorded as big data[18].
  • application programming interface's described by source is recorded as Open Science Thesaurus[19].
  • application programming interface's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/api[20].
  • application programming interface's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://or.stackexchange.com/tags/api[21].
  • application programming interface's used by is recorded as programmer[22].
  • application programming interface's has characteristic is recorded as Q141473817[23].
  • application programming interface's short name is recorded as API[24].
  • application programming interface's name is recorded as Application Programming Interface[25].
  • application programming interface's exact match is recorded as http://purl.org/spar/fabio/ApplicationProgrammingInterface[26].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include computer science term[6], academic discipline[7], and field of study[8]. Recorded subclass of include computer interface[10], computing platform[11], and communication protocol[12].

Use and Application

application programming interface is used for encapsulation[13]. Its used by is recorded as programmer[22].

Why It Matters

application programming interface ranks in the top 1% of computer_science_term entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,976 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 108 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Ms040got · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → Q141473817
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1552]]: [[Q141473817]]"
  2. 16w ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foldoc id → Application+Programming+Interface, Application+Program+Interface, API
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12946]]: Application+Program+Interface, import FOLDOC ID ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/wikibase-cli/36ecd009bcfe7/|details]])"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Has use → encapsulation
    Facet of → computer science, software engineering, big data
    Aliases → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27641, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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