The application can be written in a different programming language than the service, and run on a different operating system.

编写应用程序的语言可以不同于编写服务的语言，应用程序也可以运行在不同的操作系统中。

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The Microsoft Windows operating system contains an embedded measurement infrastructure that can be accessed either through the Windows Registry or using Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

Microsoft Windows操作系统包含可以通过Windows Registry或者使用应用程序编程接口(Application Programming Interface, API)来访问的内嵌测量基础架构。

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Commonly used AIX 5l Version 5.2 and Version 5.1 commands and application programming interfaces (APIs) for accessing system identification values are described in the following section.

本文将在后面的部分中描述常用的AIX 5l Version 5.2和Version 5.1命令以及访问系统标识值的应用程序编程接口(API)。

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Jolicloud is a stripped down operating system that, instead of running software, connects to Web services using their application programming interface (API).

FORBES: The Disposable Operating System

Bug-for-bug compatibility is a problem, but breaking backward compatibility would be a much bigger problem, so even as the lowest layers of the operating system are revised and rewritten, the layers that applictions talk to (the application programming interface, or API) are carefully tested to ensure that no changes are visible to the application.

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The state of the art in this model of programming is Pegasystems, which is often called a BPM system but is really a declarative application development environment.

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