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3 Answers
Cristian-Adrian Frasineanu
5,101 PointsI think the definition is correct. Indeed API also stands for Application Programming Interface, but here it's used in another way: https://nmixreallygetsme.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/advanced-programming-interface-api/
Steven Stanton
59,998 PointsI think that blogger was making a mistake. All the links he cites use Application Programming Interface
Rahat Kapoor
2,041 PointsWell he isn't the best teacher on here, its hard to learn from him. Of course it is application programming interface, not advanced
jason chan
31,009 PointsJust means it allows you to use the developers code to do certain things, but for google and amazon they charge you for using server requests.
The allot a certain amount free then charge afterward. Aka cloud services.
Jennifer Beck
Courses Plus Student 5,969 PointsI was referring to the video in which they state that API = Advanced Programming Interface
Ezeikel Pemberton
19,817 PointsEzeikel Pemberton
19,817 PointsExactly what i was thinking. Wrong definition of API in the video.