The key line is actually this: >An application that adheres to the REST architectural constraints may be informally described as RESTful, although this term is

The key line is actually this: >An application that adheres to the REST architectural constraints may be informally described as RESTful, although this term is more commonly associated with the design of HTTP-based APIs and what are widely considered best practices regarding the "verbs" (HTTP methods) a resource responds to, while having little to do with REST as originally formulated—and is often even at odds with the concept.