“Sockets aren’t really necessary for Web-based application development,” says Brian “Beej” Jorgensen, author of the Web publication “Beej’s Guide to Network Programming: Using ...

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APIs, or application programming interfaces, are the gateways to the digital world. They link a wide array of software applications and systems.