What is ABI (Application Binary Interface)?

ABI (Application Binary Interface)

Crypto

ABI (Application Binary Interface): An ABI describes a contract's functions and data types so that other software knows how to encode calls to it.

Related terms

API (Application Programming Interface)
DApp (Decentralised Application)
Agent-computer interface
Application-specific decoder hardware
Application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)
Quadratic unconstrained binary optimisation (QUBO)

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