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One wonders what overly-narrow definition of API you're stuck on.


One wonders why you wonder.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API


Well, given this quote from your reference:

> The interface to a software library is one type of API. The API describes and prescribes the "expected behavior" (a specification) while the library is an "actual implementation" of this set of rules.

Yes, I still wonder why you'd be picking this particular silly semantic battle.




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