API stands for Application Programming Interface. In basic terms, APIs are a set of functions and procedures that allow for the creation of applications that access data and features of other applications, services, or operating systems.
Good APIs make it easier to develop a computer program by providing all the building blocks, which are then put together by the programmer.
Similar to how standard APIs help developers create applications, machine learning APIs make it easy for developers to apply machine learning to a dataset so as to add predictive features to their applications.
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