English (en)
API (Application Programming
Interface)
An API is a software go-between
that brings information from one
application to another.
It allows applications to
communicate with one another while
preserving some security measures
for each endpoint.
Other languages: Hausa, Yoruba
Related terms
Igbo (ig)
- Mbuozi
Decomposition: API can translate to MBUOZI in Igbo. Mbụ -carrier; OZI - information. Mbuozi therefore stands for carrier of information, data, communications, etc. It takes a file or data from one endpoint to the other.
- Jibuozi
Decomposition: Jibuozi - used to transfer messages, data, information, etc.
- Usoro arụmarụ n'igwe
Decomposition: Ngwa Nzifeozi - Ngwa - Application; Nzife - transfer of information; Ozi - information
- Ngwa Nzisaozi
Decomposition: Ngwa Nzisaozi - API
- Òjéózí n'ngwa
Decomposition: API - Òjéózí n'ngwa : Òjéózí - one who/that which runs errands; N'ngwa - in device(s); Ozi - information Or Ojere Òjìngwá Ozi That which runs errands for the user Òjìngwá - user Made these suggestions since an API is more like a middleman between the database and the user
- Ojere Òjìngwá Ozi
Decomposition: API - Ojere Òjìngwá Ozi - that which runs errands for the user. Òjìngwá - user (Made these suggestions since an API is more like a middleman between the database and the user)