"What is an API?" is one of my favorite interview questions.
Your answer gets full points. Partial credit for knowing what the initialism stands for, and having some valid explanation in the context of HTTP.
As another example, one of my internships involved development of software patches so that the company's software could interact with various electron microscopes via their proprietary APIs.
Your answer gets full points. Partial credit for knowing what the initialism stands for, and having some valid explanation in the context of HTTP.
As another example, one of my internships involved development of software patches so that the company's software could interact with various electron microscopes via their proprietary APIs.