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Api vs Thumbnail - What's the difference?

api | thumbnail |

As nouns the difference between api and thumbnail

is that api is while thumbnail is the fingernail on the thumb.

As a verb thumbnail is

to describe concisely.

api

English

Noun

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

    • External links

    * (Application programming interface) * (pedialite)

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    thumbnail

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The fingernail on the thumb.
  • A rough sketch (e.g., the size of one's thumbnail).
  • (chiefly, computing) A small picture, used as a compact representation of a larger image.

    • See also

    * (3): icon, thumbshot

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To describe concisely.

    • External links

    * Maven's Word of the Day, December 11, 1997 *