An API is application programmer interface. Basically, the Google API gives programmers access to Google's database of listings, which they can then use to create web applications.
API means application programmer interface.Google API gives programmers access to Google's database of listings, which they can then use to create web applications. An API may describe the ways in which a particular task is performed. an API usually includes a description of a set of class definitions, with a set of behaviors associated with those classes.
API key is stands for Application programming interface....in case of Google API or any other API you can connect with respected database and use it for any web-base or desktop base application. in short you can integrate websites to your application tools.
Hi friends...........Thanks a lot for sharing API(Google database listings) knowledge with me. Keep it up.