What does the acronym "API" stand for?

Answer: Application Programming Interface

Explanation: An API defines a set of rules and specifications that allow one application to access features or data of another application, enabling communication between software components.

Why the other choices are incorrect:

• Advanced Programming Interface — Incorrect: the word "Advanced" is not part of the standard term; it should be "Application."

• Application Protocol Interface — Incorrect: "Protocol" is not the word used in the standard expansion; the correct word is "Programming."

• Access Point Interface — Incorrect: this mixes in a networking term (access point) and is not the correct expansion.

Example: A weather app uses a weather service's API to request forecast data; the API specifies how to make requests and what responses to expect.