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Software Terminology (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I had a (non-technical) manager come to me one day and say he wanted us to start using this hot new technology he had just read about called an API. This was in 2010. He showed me the article, which somehow never even attempted to explain what an API actually was. I just laughed and said I would make it an action item.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

APIs have been around since like the 90s, right?

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

The term dates to 1974 (1968 if you accept "Application Program Interface"). The concept is decades older than that. My boss was just a fucking moron.