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We have previously devoted space on this blog to educating our readers and helping them understand the jargon used in the web hosting industry. To continue on with this practice, we present you with a Part Two to our “Understanding the Jargon” post from last summer. In this post, we will focus on commonly used hosting acronyms within our industry.
API:
API stands for “application programming interface” and specifies how software components should interact with each other. For example, our Storm API enables software developers to develop applications for automatic server deployment, configuring a load balancer, etc.