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RESTafarian

RESTafarian noun: a programmer who uses REST (Representational State Transfer).

Noun

RESTafarian (plural RESTafarians)

  1. (slang) A programmer who uses REST (Representational State Transfer).
    • The RESTafarians — or REST zealots — are probably right that a RESTful approach is best for retrieving information, but it is obviously inappropriate whenever the remote procedure call has side effects.2005, David Paul Megginson, Imperfect XML: Rants, Raves, Tips, and Tricks, page 124

Forms of RESTafarian

pluralRESTafarians

Origin of RESTafarian

Blend of REST + Rastafarian.

Questions about RESTafarian

What does RESTafarian mean?
RESTafarian means a programmer who uses REST (Representational State Transfer).
What part of speech is RESTafarian?
RESTafarian is a noun.
What is the plural of RESTafarian?
The plural of RESTafarian is RESTafarians.

Words near RESTafarian in the dictionary

  1. restackable
  2. restacked
  3. restacking
  4. restackings
  5. restacks
  6. RESTafarian
  7. RESTafarians
  8. restaff
  9. restaffed
  10. restaffing
  11. restaffings

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