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How APIs Are Transforming the Internet, With Rob Dickinson

Innovation Files: Where Tech Meets Public Policy

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What Is an Application Programming Interface (API)?

The term at the centre of the internet of things, which is anapi. This isn't a term a lot of us are familiar with, other than you andm host in this session. So could you define it for us? Absolutely. An api call is really like a phone call in a lot of ways - there's a conversation that's going on between those two parties. And what does that mean from a macro perspective, though? It means we're moving from a world of telephony, where we used to use voice and facts to interact with each other,. To now an inner net that's being rebuilt as a way for computers and autonicus systems, as well as humans

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