# REST

REST, or REpresentational State Transfer, is an architectural style for providing standards between computer systems on the web, making it easier for systems to communicate with each other. 

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<BadgeLink colorScheme='yellow' badgeText='Read' href='https://www.codecademy.com/article/what-is-rest'>What is REST?</BadgeLink>
<BadgeLink colorScheme='yellow' badgeText='Read' href='https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/api/what-is-a-rest-api'>What is a REST API?</BadgeLink>
<BadgeLink colorScheme='yellow' badgeText='Read' href='https://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/rest_arch_style.htm'>Roy Fielding's dissertation chapter, "Representational State Transfer (REST)"</BadgeLink>
