Traditional database systems allow you to perform data retrieval and update functions using a series of SQL statements that are executed through some form of proprietary client software or API.

传统数据库系统可以使用一系列的sql语句，通过某种形式的专有客户端软件或API来执行数据检索和更新功能。

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We often use a special version of the software that works at the API level.

我们通常使用在API级别上工作的特殊版本的软件。

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Two common API models exist for interfacing software with an XML parser: the document model and the event model.

用于将软件与xml解析器结合的两种常用API模型是：文档模型和事件模型。

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The platform includes hardware, software and an API.

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SmartThings covers this base with a software development kit and a API that seeks to provide everything a good software hacker needs to integrate SmartThings devices into his or her apps.

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Interested developers can find a link to submit innovative ideas, and sign up for the latest information and news about the SYNC application programming interface (API) and software development kit (SDK).

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