Turns out they make stock data and the like available essentially via text files or via a simple API application programming interface which will be one of the themes of the course.

他们基本上是通过使用文本文件，或者通过一个简单的API应用，或者编程接口来获取股票和其他一些数据，这些都是本课程的主要内容。

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If you want to stream audio over a network, you only need to think about the network, because the API (application programming interface) you use for sound and everything else stays the same.

如果您要让音频信息流经网络，那么只需要考虑这个网络，因为您所使用的音频API(应用程序编程接口)和所有其他的操作都保持不变。

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This chapter concentrates on the dotted line in Figure 1 — the interface, or API (application Programming interface), between the parser and the application.

本章集中讨论图1中的虚线-语法分析器和应用程序之间的接口或API(应用程序编程接口)。

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Earlier this week the streaming hi-fi hardware maker Sonos announced that it was opening up its API (Application Programming Interface) so that music services could build apps - and those already include Spotify.

BBC: Spotify goes apptastic

To that end, WePay has also opened up its application programming interface (API) to allow its community of third-party developers to create new products based off of its service.

FORBES: WePay Launches GroupOn Competitor