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Subject:Re: Help needed on Term From:Jason Huntington <JasonH -at- CAPTURA -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 5 May 1998 12:07:26 -0700
Try API which is short for Application Programming Interface.
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From: Ellen Gorlow [SMTP:egorlow -at- VIASOFT -dot- COM]
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 1998 7:57 AM
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Subject: Help needed on Term
In the documentation I'm editing (translated from a German
original) the
following is called a "user exit": A place in a program where
you can
attach your own piece of programming.
Can anyone confirm if "user exit" is the correct term to use.
Ellen Gorlow
Technical Writer
Viasoft
egorlow -at- viasoft -dot- com
