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Subject:Re: What is API? From:Blair John <Blair -dot- John -dot- MM5 -at- MACMAIL1 -dot- NB -dot- ROCKWELL -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 27 Oct 1995 10:58:03 -0800
> Could someone tell me what API stands for? I've seen that acronym in a
> couple of posts lately. And while you are at it, what is SME? (or was
> it EMS??) I've also seen that acronym thrown around in this list.
API = Applications Programming Interface. SME = Subject Matter Expert(s), the
people we tech writers need to have available most of the time.
