Every since I was little, mashed taters have been my weakness. My favorite kind are the instant kind. So simple, open a packet pour it in a pot and add milk. Ten minutes later, "PRESTO!" I have a tasty treat that will do exactly what its meant to do, satisfy my craving. Well, in the computer world there is what I would call the "mashed taters" of APIs. They are called mashups. A mashup is a web program that uses data from more than source or API and creates one integrated tool.

XSL, ASP, ISP, SQL, POP, PHP...... Don't they drive you crazy?! They do me. I constantly hear them thrown around the office in all kinds of situations. Here is another, API. What in the heck does this one mean? Well, API is one of the few I do know. API stands for Application Programming Interface. Wikipedia defines API as "a source code interface that an operating system or library provides to support requests for services to be made of it by computer programs." Wow! Isn't that a mouthful?