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There are many kinds and types of application programming interfaces (APIs). This book will only concentrate on a short list of them and this chapter is meant to get everyone on the same page.
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UI, user interface
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IIW, Internet Identity Workshop, www.internetidentityworkshop.com
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SDK, software development kit
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RFC, Request For Comments, www.ietf.org/standards/rfcs/
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NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology, www.nist.gov
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Preibisch, S. (2018). APIs: What Are They?. In: API Development. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4140-0_1
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