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Cloud API Standards

Posted by Wikibon in Cloud Computing on September 27, 2011


An application-programming interface (API) is a key part of any web-based technology.  Without APIs, the technology in question would serve a limited purpose and be severely confined in its capabilities.  Cloud computing’s use of APIs is what makes it such an appealing way of storing and transferring data, and would not have grown to what it is today without the use of APIs.  As cloud computing continues to grow and expand, APIs will also evolve to give developers an even more precise way of interaction.  Although an essential piece, APIs in the cloud don’t come without controversy.

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