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What is REST and how different it is from HTTP? [closed]

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Closed as too generic by Alexei‭ on Feb 16, 2021 at 06:56

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Based on my understanding HTTP is something client and server speak in, I mean it is like a language for a server and client to communicate(not exactly a programming language). Then how to understand REST? Please provide some analogy and explain.

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