Think of a REST API like a waiter in a restaurant. You (an app) tell the waiter what you want (your request), and the waiter goes to the kitchen (the server) to get it for you. REST is just a set of ...

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A famous legend claims Abraham de Moivre calculated the exact date of his death using a sleep pattern formula. But did he truly predict it, or is history hiding a myth?

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