REST
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6.1
- noun
- /rɛst/
- Specialized
- The software developers used a REST architecture to create a more efficient web service.
- a REST interface
Examples
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The Web interface builds on the REST interface using standard Asynchronous JavaScript (AJAX) and XML techniques.
Academic text (2012) -
So we must observe many stars with the REST and hope that chance rewards us with a transiting ESE.
Academic text (2007) -
The direction of search is, therefore, the most important issue of REST operation.
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The REST interface is versioned, so GO can evolve its REST interface without breaking existing clients.
Academic text (2012) -
Excellence (CONET) 6 employed a REST API to provide uniform web-based access to different testbeds.
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When designing network applications, the team decided to implement a REST API to simplify data access.
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With the REST approach, clients can interact with server resources using standard HTTP methods.
Idioms
- Offensive
1
9.9
A rude, joking way to show dislike for someone or something that is gone
Compounds
- Archaic
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8.4
A period of bed rest to help someone recover from stress or nervous problems
- Specialized
1
3.7
A small support on a violin or viola that you put your chin on for comfort and stability while playing
- Specialized
1
7.4
The amount of matter in an object measured when it is not moving, not how heavy it feels
- Specialized
1
8.2
Energy equal to a particle's mass when it is not moving, calculated as mass times the speed of light squared
Surface Forms
Etymology
REST comes from the acronym Representational State Transfer, a name for a way to move web data as 'representations' and 'state' between a client and a server. A helpful way to remember it is that the common word 'rest' suggests not keeping memory — REST systems are 'stateless', so each request works alone and the server does not keep the client's past, making web services simpler and easier to handle many users.