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RESTafarian
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English
Etymology
en REST Rastafarian.
Noun
en computing slang A programmer who uses REST Representational State Transfer.
en 2005 David Paul Megginson Imperfect XML: Rants, Raves, Tips, and Tricks 124 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.