| English | Chinese Taiwan |
| application programming interface | 應用程式開發介面 (A set of routines that an application uses to request and carry out lower-level services performed by a computer's operating system. These routines usually carry out maintenance tasks such as managing files and displaying information) |
| Cryptography Application Programming Interface | 加密應用程式開發介面 (An (API) that is provided as part of Microsoft Windows. CryptoAPI provides a set of functions that allow applications to encrypt or digitally sign data in a flexible manner while providing protection for the user's sensitive private key data. Actual cryptographic operations are performed by independent modules known as (CSPs)) |
| Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface | 一般安全性服務應用程式開發介面 (A generic API for performing client-server authentication that can be implemented over any authentication system. GSS-API makes it possible for applications to use the same API with different authentication mechanisms) |
| Internet Server Application Programming Interface | 網際網路伺服器應用程式開發介面 (An application programming interface (API) that resides on a server computer for initiating software services tuned for Windows operating systems. In Microsoft Provisioning System, ISAPI resides on the Web server) |
| Messaging Application Programming Interface | 訊息應用程式開發介面 (A messaging architecture that enables multiple applications to interact with multiple messaging systems across a variety of hardware platforms. MAPI is built on the Component Object Model (COM) foundation) |
| Windows Internet application programming interface | Windows 網際網路應用程式開發介面 (A Windows application programming interface (API) that enables applications to interact with Gopher, FTP, and HTTP protocols to access Internet resources) |