application programming interface

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000477",
  "term": "application programming interface",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "An Application Programming Interface, or API, is a set of software instructions and standards that allows machine to machine communication-like when a website uses a widget to share a link on Twitter or Facebook.",
  "abbreviation": "API",
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "computer techniques",
    "computer software",
    "databases",
    "metadata",
    "information dissemination",
    "information management",
    "information networks"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Glossary, data.gov",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "interfaz de programación de aplicaciones"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/application-programming-interface/"
}