thanks guys. On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > From: Michael Havens > > api? what is an api? > [snip] > > API = Application Programming Interface. This is shorthand for "a > semi-standardized set of mostly-documented function calls that should > return a > semi-standardized set of data or perform a set of actions in a format that > mostly makes sense according to the documentation". > > The term is often overloaded and/or misused. The API documentation is > often > out of date or missing various important info. But APIs are all over the > place, and if you're dealing with binary-only things, they may be the only > way > to do what you need to do. > > -- > Matt G / Dances With Crows > The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ > There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: