REST stands for: Select the correct answer.

Question

Options

• ARepresentational State Transfer
• BRelational State Transport
• CRepository Stack Target
• DReleased Semantic Transport

• A
  94% (60)
• B
  3% (2)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

REST stands for Representational State Transfer (A), a term coined by Roy Fielding in his 2000 doctoral dissertation to describe an architectural style for distributed hypermedia systems like the web.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B (Relational State Transport) - "Relational" belongs to database terminology (relational databases), and "Transport" misrepresents the concept; REST isn't a transport protocol.
• C (Repository Stack Target) - entirely fabricated; none of these words relate to REST's actual meaning or purpose.
• D (Released Semantic Transport) - again, "Transport" is the giveaway; REST is an architectural style, not a transport mechanism like HTTP or TCP.

Memory tip: Think of REST as how a web server represents a resource (e.g., a user profile as JSON) and transfers that representation to the client - the server never remembers who asked, just responds with a state snapshot each time. "Resources have States that get Transferred" maps neatly onto the acronym.

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