Telephony Application Programming Interface

(programming, communications)

(TAPI, or "Telephone Application Program Interface") A Windows 95 Application Program Interface enabling hardware independent access to telephone based communication. TAPI covers a rather wide area of services from initialising the equipment (e.g. a modem) and placing a call to voice mail or control of a remote computer.

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Computer Telephone Integration
TAPI
Telephone Application Program Interface

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