SDK

also known as: software development kit

Category: Where you actually do the work

SDK — A ready-made set of code and tools for working with a particular service, so you don't have to call its API by hand.

Why you care

If a company has an SDK for their service, using it is almost always easier than calling the raw API. "The Stripe SDK" means "Stripe's official helper library for your language."

When you hear it

"Use the SDK." "Is there an SDK for Python?"