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  2. List of news media APIs - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_news_media_APIs

    AP Breaking News API; AP Content API allows the search and download of AP Images, one of the world's largest collections of historical and contemporary imagery. AP Breaking News API retrieve a list of available breaking news categories and then requests content for a specific category. Headlines and images only. Does not provide full text of ...

  3. Reverse geocoding - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_geocoding

    Reverse geocoding is the process of converting a location as described by geographic coordinates (latitude, longitude) to a human-readable address or place name. It is the opposite of forward geocoding (often referred to as address geocoding or simply "geocoding"), hence the term reverse. Reverse geocoding permits the identification of nearby ...

  4. Reverse lookup - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_lookup

    Reverse lookup is a procedure of using a value to retrieve a unique key in an associative array. [1] Applications of reverse lookup include reverse DNS lookup, which provides the domain name associated with a particular IP address, [2] reverse telephone directory, which provides the name of the entity associated with a particular telephone ...

  5. Location-based service - Wikipedia

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    Location-based service (LBS) is a general term denoting software services which use geographic data and information to provide services or information to users. [1] LBS can be used in a variety of contexts, such as health, indoor object search, [2] entertainment, [3] work, personal life, etc. [4] Commonly used examples of location-based services include navigation software, social networking ...

  6. Reverse proxy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_proxy

    Reverse proxies can inspect HTTP headers, which, for example, allows them to present a single IP address to the Internet while relaying requests to different internal servers based on the URL of the HTTP request. Reverse proxies can hide the existence and characteristics of origin servers. This can make it more difficult to determine the actual ...

  7. Reverse DNS lookup - Wikipedia

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    It is important to note that this is the reverse order to the usual dotted-decimal convention for writing IPv4 addresses in textual form. For example, to do a reverse lookup of the IP address 8.8.4.4 the PTR record for the domain name 4.4.8.8.in-addr.arpa would be looked up, and found to point to dns.google.

  8. Reverse image search - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_image_search

    An image search engine is a search engine that is designed to find an image. The search can be based on keywords, a picture, or a web link to a picture. The results depend on the search criterion, such as metadata, distribution of color, shape, etc., and the search technique which the browser uses.

  9. Web API - Wikipedia

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    Together, the endpoint and the query string form a URL that determines how the API will respond. This URL is also known as a query or an API call. In the below example, two parameters are transmitted (or passed) to the API via the query string. The first is the required API key and the second is an optional parameter — the date of the ...