Hardware, infrastructure & tooling
API (Application Programming Interface)
Definition
A defined way for software systems to send requests and exchange information.
Visual example
Waiter = API
The kitchen connection
Think of a waiter carrying orders between systems.
The illustration connects the AI idea to something familiar. Follow the subject, the action, and the result to see how it works.
- 01 · Who or what
- Waiter = API
- 02 · What happens
- Carries requests between systems
- 03 · The result
- Returns the service response
Why it matters
It connects an app's request to a model or service's response.