How do you pronounce API?
A-P-I/ˌeɪ piː ˈaɪ/
Commonly said as: saying it as one word, "appy"
ay pee eye
API
What it is
API stands for application programming interface, the contract programs use to talk to each other.
Why it gets said wrong
Three separate letters. It is an initialism, not an acronym, so it is never said as "appy".
Hear it in a sentence
We expose an API for developers.
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