Definition
Application Programming Interface: the digital equivalent of a restaurant menu -- it tells you what you can order without making you watch the kitchen catch fire. When an API breaks, every developer suddenly becomes a detective and a therapist simultaneously.
Example Usage
"The API is down again," is a sentence that has triggered more adrenaline spikes than any horror movie in the history of cinema.
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