What is a microsoft API?

can he explain it please the following

(1) what is an API?

(2) how it is related to microsoft directx?

If please try to explain more high points in simple words because a lot, I searched the internet but not yet the API concept...

Hello

API
http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface

DirectX
http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX

I hope this helps.

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