"representational state transfer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: representational state transfers [plural]
Etymology: Coined by American computer scientist Roy Fielding in 2000. Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Q93076|in=2000|nocat=1}} Coined by American computer scientist Roy Fielding in 2000 Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} representational state transfer (usually uncountable, plural representational state transfers)
  1. (software architecture) A way of providing interoperability between computer systems on the Internet based on textual representations of Web resources and a predefined set of stateless operations. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: REST

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