Short for
Telephony Application Programming Interface, an
API for connecting a
PC running
Windows to telephone services. TAPI was introduced in 1993 as the result of joint development by
Microsoft and
Intel. The standard supports connections by individual computers as well as
LAN connections serving many computers. Within each connection type, TAPI defines standards for simple call control and for manipulating call content.
The Telephony Server Application Programming Interface (TSAPI) defines similar capabilities for NetWare servers.