What is an API?

how does API differ from remote server?

An API isn't the same as the remote server — rather it is the part of the server that receives requests and sends responses.

what does API stand for?

Application Programming Interface

True or False: every time you visit a page on the Web, you interact with some remote server's API

True

what do engineers use to develop websites before releasing them to the public?

a local server

what happens When you type www.facebook.com into your browser? and when your browser receives the response? what is the API in this case

a request goes out to Facebook's remote server. Once your browser receives the response, it interprets the code and displays the page. To the browser, also known as the client, Facebook's server is an API.

Every page on the internet is stored...where?

somewhere on a remote server