I'm seeing a rise in the use of "endpoints". Eg REST, SOAP and WMS endpoints On May 10, 2013 8:00 AM, "Dale Schumacher" <dale.schumac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I prefer the term "protocol". It encompasses the medium, the format, the > expectations/assumptions and the potential dialog among the participants. > > > > On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net>wrote: > >> Agreed. In unix command line pipe terms, the API is the >> goes-into-goes-outof (gozintagozouta) GIGO? for the library. This is how >> Sun engineers talked with management about new projects and indeed became a >> buzzword. >> >> TL;DR >> >> Actually, if you include the unix command arguments, you get a lovely >> example of a Turing model: input, state, output. >> >> >> -- Owen >> >> >> On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Arlo Barnes <arlo.bar...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> For either phrase, either assume your audience knows what you are >>> talking about or define the terms before you go on. Explain that it is like >>> a control panel you can receive data from and send instructions through, >>> and being so generally defined does not go into details of implementation. >>> -Arlo James Barnes >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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