API中endpoints是什么意思？

看ccxt手册中，经常提到endpoints

• 英文定义

What is a Server-Side Endpoint?

Web services expose one or more endpoints to which messages can be sent. A web service endpoint is an entity, processor, or resource that can be referenced and to which web services messages can be addressed. Endpoint references convey the information needed to address a web service endpoint. Clients need to know this information before they can access a service.

Typically, web services package endpoint descriptions and use a WSDL file to share these descriptions with clients. Clients use the web service endpoint description to generate code that can send SOAP messages to and receive SOAP messages from the web service endpoint.

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Endpoint这个词以前经常被用来描述进程间通信。例如，

1. 在客户端与服务器之间的通讯，客户端是一个Endpoint和服务器是另外一个Endpoint。
2. 根据不同的情况下，一个Endpoint可能指的地址，如一个TCP通信的（主机：端口）对，也可能是指与这个地址相对应的一个软件实体