Restafarian

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A programmer who uses REST (Representational State Transfer). slang

    "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."

Example

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"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."

Etymology

Blend of REST + Rastafarian.

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