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API – Application Programming Interface
An API is an interface that defines how, for example, software applications can communicate with each other. APIs allow different software systems to interact and share data.
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Data glossaryMachine Readable
Machine Readable
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Data in a data format that can be automatically read and processed by a computer, such as CSV, JSON, or XML.
Machine-readable data must be structured data. Compare human-readable.
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CSV
CSV or Comma-separated values, is a standard format for spreadsheet data. Data values are separated by commas and each row represents a record.
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Human Readable
Data in a format that can be conveniently read by a human. Some human-readable formats, like PDF, are not machine-readable.
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