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[–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

I understand it for normal words. But for an acronym? About a body of technical research? How are we supposed to refer to the thing that Fielding meant when he coined the term?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Lots of technical terms are used quite loosely I think. If you ask 10 people what a compiler is, or what functional programming is or what goes where on the OSI layers you’ll get different answers.

    It’s not practical but that’s the world we live in.

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