It reminds me that GIF is pronounced GIF by most people even if the inventor pronounces it as JIF. The language is what people use to communicate. REST may mea

It reminds me that GIF is pronounced GIF by most people even if the inventor pronounces it as JIF. The language is what people use to communicate. REST may mean whatever most people think it means regardless what the inventor of the term thinks it should mean. Another example is the word hacker. For most people it is "a person who uses computers to gain unauthorized access to data" (according to Google) that is different from the meaning used on this site: "one who works like a hack at writing and experimenting with software, one who enjoys computer programming for its own sake" http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=hacker http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=hacker