REST

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See also: Rest, Rest., rest, rest., and rešt

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Noun

REST (uncountable)

  1. (computing) Acronym of representational state transfer.
    • 2011, Mark Masse, REST API Design Rulebook: Designing Consistent RESTful Web Service Interfaces, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 86:
      Coding a REST API has never felt right to me. I believe that REST APIs should be designed and configured, but not coded.

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Proper noun

REST

  1. (linguistics) Acronym of Revised Extended Standard Theory.

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