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Api vs Spec - What's the difference?

api | spec |

As nouns the difference between api and spec

is that api is while spec is (colloquial) short form of specification.

As a verb spec is

to specify, especially in a formal specification document.

api

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (computing) Application programming interface.
  • (pharmacology) Active pharmaceutical ingredient.

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    * (Application programming interface) * (pedialite)

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    spec

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (colloquial) short form of specification
  • (colloquial) short form of speculation
  • short form of specialization
  • short form of special
  • (dialect) a special place (for hiding or viewing)
  • (Australia, Australian rules football, informal) A spectacular mark (catch) in Australian rules football.

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    Verb

  • To specify, especially in a formal specification document.
  • * 1999 , George Buehler, The Troller Yacht Book
    • I've found some professional yards want everything specced out completely while a home builder will just do things the way he wants.
  • * 1995 , Fred Moody, I Sing the Body Electronic: A Year with Microsoft on the Multimedia Frontier
    • Could they still include the kinds of playful animations Ballinger had specced now that the scenes were more realistic-looking and less whimsical?

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