REST

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

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: rĕst, IPA^(key): /ɹɛst/

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• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Homophone: wrest

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.

Derived terms

• RESTful

Proper noun

REST

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

Further reading

• REST on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -estr-, -ster, -ster-, ERTs, SERT, TERs, erst, estr-, rets, tres