From don@amsunews.demon.co.uk Mon Jul 3 22:25:54 1995 Received: from disperse.demon.co.uk by dkuug.dk with SMTP id AA10205 (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4j for ); Tue, 4 Jul 1995 02:08:47 +0200 Received: from post.demon.co.uk by disperse.demon.co.uk id bj13502; 3 Jul 95 22:55 +0100 Received: from amsunews.demon.co.uk by post.demon.co.uk id aa27326; 3 Jul 95 22:26 +0100 X-Sender: (Unverified) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Priority: 2 (High) Date: Mon, 3 Jul 1995 22:25:54 +0000 To: sc22wg15@dkuug.dk From: Don Folland Subject: API Definition Message-Id: <9507032226.aa27326@post.demon.co.uk> X-Charset: ASCII X-Char-Esc: 29 On Jul 3, 12:42am in "(wg15-uk 781) (SC22W", Keld J|rn Simonsen wrote: > Is there a POSIX definition for "API". > I have not been able to find a good one (although the tilte > of POSIX-1 has the term!). I can suggest the formal definition in the P1003.0 Guide (ie DTR14252) under Definitions; 2.2.2.5 application program interface: The interface between the application software and the application platform, across which services are provided. Don UniForum UK ***************************************************************************** Don Folland don@amsunews.demon.co.uk phone: 01603 70 4713 (+44 1603 70 4713) fax: 01603 27 8235 (+44 1603 27 8235) AXiS News 21 Church Close Buxton Norwich NR10 5ER UK