API

(Application Programming Interface) Interfaces that extend the capabilities of Web servers ; used by programmers to write applications that can interact with other applications. A server API is a published interface that lets software developers write programs that become part of the Web server itself. Usually these are DLLs (Windows dynamic load libraries) that are loaded into memory and stay resident at all times. Some common server APIs and the servers they support:ISAPI - Microsoft Internet Information Server NSAPI - Netscape Commerce and Enterprise Server WSAPI - O'Reilly Web Site and Web Site Pro