Multiple choice technology web 2.0

All the social networking sites expose the data using

  1. JDBC Connection

  2. ODBC Connection

  3. RESTFUL API

  4. Flat file
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Social networking sites typically expose their data through RESTful APIs (Representational State Transfer). REST APIs provide a standardized way for applications to interact with web services using HTTP methods like GET, POST, PUT, DELETE. While some sites might use other methods internally, RESTful API is the standard public interface. JDBC and ODBC are database connection protocols, not web APIs.

AI explanation

Social networking platforms (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.) expose their data to third-party developers through RESTful APIs — HTTP-based endpoints returning structured data (JSON/XML) that any client can consume over the web. JDBC and ODBC connections are database-level protocols not exposed publicly for security and abstraction reasons, and flat files are not how live web data is served. RESTful APIs are the standard, well-known mechanism for this.

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