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[[File:Linux kernel interfaces.svg|thumb|300px|A high-level comparison of in-kernel and kernel-to-userspace APIs and ABIs]]

[[File:Linux API and Linux ABI.svg|thumb|300px|The [[Linux kernel]] and [[GNU C Library]] define the [[Linux kernel interfaces#Kernel–user space API|Linux API]]. After compilation, the binaries offer anbinewfscafean ABI. Keeping this ABI stable over a long time is important for [[Independent software vendor|ISVs]].]]

In [[computer software]], an '''application binary interface''' ('''ABI''') is an [[interface (computing)|interface]] between two binary program modules. Often, one of these modules is a [[Library (computing)|library]] or [[operating system]] facility, and the other is a program that is being run by a user.