The Emergence Machine

Api

abstract · Technology · Level 5 · E10

E10Institutions

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

An API defines how software components communicate with each other, but this definition is incomplete without understanding the underlying protocols that govern this communication.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “api” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “api”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0ApiProtocolNetworkSoftwareFormInformationStructureChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesGraphqlL10MicroserviceL10Rest ApiL10ApiL5ProtocolL4E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • API German
  • api English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Protocol L4 (requires)
    An API defines how software components communicate with each other.

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