2024 API Survey Responses (Public Analysis)

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	M	N	O	P
1	Response #	What does the "A" in "API" stand for?	What does the "P" in "API" stand for?	What does the "I" in "API" stand for?	You are working on a solo project and using an API developed by someone else. What does the word "Application" in "Application Programming Interface" refer to?	A (coded)	P (coded)	I (coded)	Application Author (coded)	How long have you known what "API" is?	Programmumble?	Auth, 4 or less	Auth, 4 to 16	Auth, 16 or more

2	1	application	programmer	interface	The "Application" is the COMBINED CODE written by both you and someone else	application	programmer	interface	combined	sixteen or more	TRUE			combined
3	2	Applicationo	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	zero to four	TRUE	you
4	3	Application	Programming	Interface	"Application" is meaningless in this context, simply a empty signifier. However, it probably initially meant the code you wrote (as in, you use a API to implement your application — for instance, in the Win32 API, the OS is clearly not a "application")	application	programming	interface	you	four to sixteen	TRUE		you
5	4	application	programming	interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	four to sixteen	TRUE		you
6	5	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	zero to four	TRUE	someone else
7	6	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	TRUE		someone else
8	7	Application	Programmer	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programmer	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	TRUE		someone else
9	8	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else		TRUE
10	9	Application	Programmer	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programmer	interface	you	sixteen or more	TRUE			you
11	10	Application	Programming or protocol	Interface	The applications are both things on both sides of the interface. The code I wrote on one side and separately the code someone else wrote on the other.	application	programming	interface	combined	four to sixteen	TRUE		combined
12	11	application	programming	interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	four to sixteen	TRUE		you
13	12	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	four to sixteen	TRUE		you
14	13	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	four to sixteen	TRUE		you
15	14	Application	Program	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	program	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	TRUE		someone else
16	15	application	programming	interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	sixteen or more	TRUE			you
17	16	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	sixteen or more	TRUE			you
18	17	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	sixteen or more	TRUE			you
19	18	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	sixteen or more	TRUE			someone else
20	19	Application	Programming	Interface	The application is my using the api; applying it to a specific use case	application	programming	interface	you	sixteen or more	TRUE			you
21	20	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	sixteen or more	TRUE			someone else
22	21	Application	Protocol	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	protocol	interface	you	four to sixteen	FALSE		you
23	22	application	protocol	interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	protocol	interface	someone else	zero to four	FALSE	someone else
24	23	Apple	Pasta	Intelegence	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	no answer	no answer	no answer	someone else	zero to four	FALSE	someone else
25	24	application	programming	interface	The "Application" is the COMBINED CODE written by both you and someone else	application	programming	interface	combined	four to sixteen	TRUE		combined
26	25	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	TRUE		someone else
27	26	application	programming	interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	TRUE		someone else
28	27	apple-cation	programming	in-her-face	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	sixteen or more	TRUE			you
29	28	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	zero to four	TRUE	someone else
30	29	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	TRUE		someone else
31	30	application	programming	interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	four to sixteen	TRUE		you
32	31	Application	Programmable	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programmable	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	TRUE		someone else
33	32	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	sixteen or more	TRUE			you
34	33	Application	Program	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	program	interface	someone else	sixteen or more	TRUE			someone else
35	34	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	sixteen or more	TRUE			you
36	35	Advanced	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	advanced	programming	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	TRUE		someone else
37	36	no idea	programming	interface	The "Application" is the COMBINED CODE written by both you and someone else	no answer	programming	interface	combined	zero to four	TRUE	combined
38	37	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	four to sixteen	TRUE		you
39	38	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the COMBINED CODE written by both you and someone else	application	programming	interface	combined	sixteen or more	TRUE			combined
40	39	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	four to sixteen	TRUE		you
41	40	Application	Programming	Interface	I don't think of the word as having meaning. I don't think about what API stands for, and Application seems a strange word choice here. (If forced to pick, I'm going with the code YOU wrote.)	application	programming	interface	you	sixteen or more	TRUE			you
42	41	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	sixteen or more	TRUE			you
43	42	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	TRUE		someone else
44	43	application	programming	interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	sixteen or more	TRUE			someone else
45	44	application	programming	interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	sixteen or more	TRUE			you
46	45	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the COMBINED CODE written by both you and someone else	application	programming	interface	combined	four to sixteen	TRUE		combined
47	46	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	sixteen or more	TRUE			someone else
48	47	Application	Protocol	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	protocol	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	FALSE		someone else
49	48	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	sixteen or more	TRUE			you
50	49	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	TRUE		someone else
51	50	application	programming	interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	TRUE		someone else
52	51	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	sixteen or more	TRUE			someone else
53	52	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	TRUE		someone else
54	53	Application	Programmer	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programmer	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	TRUE		someone else
55	54	application	programming	interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	TRUE		someone else
56	55	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	four to sixteen	TRUE		you
57	56	application	programming	interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	sixteen or more	TRUE			someone else
58	57	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	four to sixteen	TRUE		you
59	58	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	zero to four	TRUE	someone else
60	59	application	programmer	interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programmer	interface	you	four to sixteen	TRUE		you
61	60	Arbitrary	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	arbitrary	programming	interface	you	sixteen or more	TRUE			you
62	61	application	programming	interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	four to sixteen	TRUE		you
63	62	Application	Programming	Interface	The application is the purpose for which the API is being used (i.e., the reason I'm writing the code)	application	programming	interface	you	four to sixteen	TRUE		you
64	63	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	TRUE		someone else
65	64	application	programming	interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	zero to four	TRUE	someone else
66	65	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	zero to four	TRUE	someone else
67	66	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	sixteen or more	TRUE			you
68	67	application	programmer	Interface	I don't really think in these terms unless asked by a survey, API is an indecomposable noun	application	programmer	interface	no signifier	sixteen or more	TRUE			no signifier
69	68	application	programming	interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	sixteen or more	TRUE			you
70	69	Application	Program	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	program	interface	you	four to sixteen	TRUE		you
71	70	allways	persistent	issue	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	always	persistent	issue	you	zero to four	FALSE	you
72	71	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	sixteen or more	TRUE			someone else
73	72	application	programming	interface	The "Application" is the COMBINED CODE written by both you and someone else	application	programming	interface	combined	four to sixteen	TRUE		combined
74	73	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the COMBINED CODE written by both you and someone else	application	programming	interface	combined	four to sixteen	TRUE		combined
75	74	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	TRUE		someone else
76	75	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	sixteen or more	TRUE			you
77	76	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	TRUE		someone else
78	77	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	four to sixteen	TRUE		you
79	78	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the COMBINED CODE written by both you and someone else	application	programming	interface	combined	four to sixteen	TRUE		combined
80	79	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	TRUE		someone else
81	80	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	zero to four	TRUE	someone else
82	81	Application	Persistent	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	persistent	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	FALSE		someone else
83	82	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	TRUE		someone else
84	83	Acronym	Partly	Inferred	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	no answer	no answer	no answer	someone else	four to sixteen	FALSE		someone else
85	84	Application (wrong answer: Apple)	Programming (wrong answer: Pie)	Interface (wrong answer: Ingredients)	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	four to sixteen	TRUE		you
86	85	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	TRUE		someone else
87	86	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	sixteen or more	TRUE			someone else
88	87	application	programming	interface	I don't know 🤯	application	programming	interface	no answer	four to sixteen	TRUE		no answer
89	88	Application	Programmer	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programmer	interface	someone else	sixteen or more	TRUE			someone else
90	89	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	four to sixteen	TRUE		you
91	90	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	four to sixteen	TRUE		someone else
92	91	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	four to sixteen	TRUE		you
93	92	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	four to sixteen	TRUE		you
94	93	application	programming	interface	The "Application" is the COMBINED CODE written by both you and someone else	application	programming	interface	combined	four to sixteen	TRUE		combined
95	94	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	sixteen or more	TRUE			someone else
96	95	application	programming	interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	sixteen or more	TRUE			someone else
97	96	Application	Programmer	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programmer	interface	you	sixteen or more	TRUE			you
98	97	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is code SOMEONE ELSE wrote (for example, the folks who implemented the API)	application	programming	interface	someone else	sixteen or more	TRUE			someone else
99	98	Application	Programming	Interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	sixteen or more	TRUE			you
100	99	application	programming	interface	The "Application" is the code YOU wrote (using the API)	application	programming	interface	you	sixteen or more	TRUE			you