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What Is an API: Understanding Software Communication
An API enables software programs to communicate effectively, detailing REST, GraphQL, and webhooks with practical examples.
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−dates to a 1968 paper by E.F. Codd and colleagues
+dates to a 1968 paper by Ira W. Cotton and Frank S. Greatorex
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Verified: body text correctly attributes the 1968 coinage of "application program interface" to Ira W. Cotton and Frank S. Greatorex. No stale E.F. Codd attribution remains anywhere on the page (Codd is not mentioned at all, avoiding confusion with his actual, unrelated 1970 relational model work), and the FAQ schema does not reference this history claim. No further changes needed.
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