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API

Aṣagbátẹiru-Ètò

Also known as application programming interface

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English and Yoruba terms, then definitions, examples, analogies, and use-when in both languages.

English definition

Application Programming Interface — a contract for software systems to talk to each other.

Yoruba definition

Ọ̀nà tí ètò kọ̀ǹpútà fi ń bá ara wọn sọ̀rọ̀, tí ń jẹ́ kí wọ́n lè pin ìmọ̀ àti iṣẹ́ pọ̀.

English example

We call the payments API to charge a card.

Yoruba example

A ń pe Aṣagbátẹiru-Ètò ìsanwó láti gba kaadi owó.

English analogy

An API is like a waiter in a restaurant, taking your order and bringing back your food from the kitchen.

Yoruba analogy

Aṣagbátẹiru-Ètò jẹ́ bíi olùrànlọ́wọ́ ní ilé ìtura, tó ń gba àṣẹ rẹ àti kó o lọ́wọ́ láti ọ̀dọ̀ ìdáná.

English use when

Use 'API' when discussing how different software applications interact with each other, as opposed to talking about the software itself.

Yoruba use when

Lo 'Aṣagbátẹiru-Ètò' nígbà tí o bá ń sọ̀rọ̀ nípa bí àwọn ètò kọ̀ǹpútà ṣe ń bá ara wọn ṣiṣẹ́, kì í ṣe nípa ètò náà pàtó.

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