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Software Terminology (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

APIs have been around since like the 90s, right?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

The term dates to 1974 (1968 if you accept "Application Program Interface"). The concept is decades older than that. My boss was just a fucking moron.