I'm interested in learning some basics in programming Linux.I'm familiar with the Windows API, and I'd like to learn how to do the same things in Linux (i.e. GUI, Threading, Networking, Memory ...

The program is based on the open source project Wine, an implementation of the Windows application programming interface (API) on top of the Unix/Linux operating system family.

Although Microwindows fully supports Linux, its internal, portable architecture is based on a relatively simple screen device interface and can run on many different RTOSes as well as bare hardware.

[Andrew] picked up a handful of these big STC 8051 chips for a song and dance. The problem he has with them is the clunky VB6 programming software that only wants to run on a Windows box. He buckle… ...

An application programming interface (API) is a set of programming codes that queries data, parse responses, and sends instructions between one software platform and another.