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Have you used PayPal to buy something on a third-party website? Maybe looked at a business’s location on its website through Google Maps? Logged into a website using your Facebook? Or maybe you\u2019ve browsed a list of tweets outside of Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n Congratulations, you’ve used an API. And most likely, you’ve interacted with hundreds of others without realizing it.<\/span><\/p>\n API stands for application programming interface and is a set of tools and rules that allow programs or applications to communicate with each other.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n But how exactly are they useful for businesses? Should you use them, and should you consider developing them?<\/span><\/p>\n