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When understanding human beings we need to be able to communicate with them so that we understand what we have to do. Well with computers they’re no different. Your computer’s like humans can be addressed and communicate with one another through API’s or Application Programming Interfaces, more on that later.
It’s also imperative that we understand humans can think inside their mind’s and also externally to other people. So for example if someone asks John, 5 + 5 this is an external form of communication; one individual communicating with another. However John has now received this information and he thinks to himself what is 5 + 5; he is asking himself the question in his own mind, communicating with certain parts of his own mind to produce the answer. Then when John has finished processing the information in his internal API he then speaks and passes the information back to the individual that asked the question.
Likewise your computer is the same, it has external API’s and internal API’s. When another program communicates externally with another program this is an external API. However an internal API is when a program has it’s own set of functions and uses them to come up with the answer; just like when John thinks to himself. Then after that program has finished with its internal processes, it passes the answer back to the original program that asked the question.
API stands for Application Programming Interface, meaning we’re interfacing or communicating with other programs externally or the program is communicating with itself internally. Also external programs can likewise have external and internal API’s just like human beings can communicate externally with others and internally within themselves. Every program has the option of doing this. Understanding API’s is the bedrock of programming because without API’s we would simply not have operating systems or the complex applications we have today.
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When understanding human beings we need to be able to communicate with them so that we understand what we have to do. Well with computers they’re no different. Your computer’s like humans can be addressed and communicate with one another through API’s or Application Programming Interfaces, more on that later.
It’s also imperative that we understand humans can think inside their mind’s and also externally to other people. So for example if someone asks John, 5 + 5 this is an external form of communication; one individual communicating with another. However John has now received this information and he thinks to himself what is 5 + 5; he is asking himself the question in his own mind, communicating with certain parts of his own mind to produce the answer. Then when John has finished processing the information in his internal API he then speaks and passes the information back to the individual that asked the question.
Likewise your computer is the same, it has external API’s and internal API’s. When another program communicates externally with another program this is an external API. However an internal API is when a program has it’s own set of functions and uses them to come up with the answer; just like when John thinks to himself. Then after that program has finished with its internal processes, it passes the answer back to the original program that asked the question.
API stands for Application Programming Interface, meaning we’re interfacing or communicating with other programs externally or the program is communicating with itself internally. Also external programs can likewise have external and internal API’s just like human beings can communicate externally with others and internally within themselves. Every program has the option of doing this. Understanding API’s is the bedrock of programming because without API’s we would simply not have operating systems or the complex applications we have today.
Programming 101 course:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGC-hHIh7l5s6Spz86OT1u0A7kvQH-2B0
This tutorial is brought to you by avelx.co.uk - Coding tutorials to help you grow.
