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API stands for Application Programming Interface and it's just a way to stream internet data. You can do a lot with it manipulate it though without having to dig for it all in the interwebs and so it is often compiled into an API and used often.
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Nowadays with Postman or a GET/POST request through terminal you can talk directly to the applications itself if they provide an API key.
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Think of APIs as another kind of protocol but one that just talks between applications instead of ssh-ing through terminal connecting to internet and doing all of the physical connecting stuff.
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Which is critical because there's way too many apps out here now.
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