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Representational State Transfer

Summary

Representational State Transfer is a computer science term[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of computer_science_term entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,607 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Representational State Transfer authored Roy Fielding[3].
  • Representational State Transfer's instance of is recorded as computer science term[4].
  • Representational State Transfer is a type of programming paradigm[5].
  • Representational State Transfer is a type of communication protocol[6].
  • Representational State Transfer's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/rest[7].
  • Representational State Transfer's short name is recorded as REST[8].
  • Representational State Transfer's short name is recorded as REST[9].
  • Representational State Transfer's different from is recorded as Q141497409[10].

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Designation and Status

Representational State Transfer's instance of is recorded as computer science term[4].

Why It Matters

Representational State Transfer ranks in the top 2% of computer_science_term entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,607 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Barry Norton Gramps Web API Roy Fielding

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Ms040got · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Q141497409
    Wikidata description → architectural style for client-server applications
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q141497409]]"
  2. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → computer science term
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → programming paradigm, communication protocol
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007549941105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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