idempotent

networking

An operation that produces the same result whether applied once or multiple times; critical for safe API retries and distributed systems

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eye-dem-POH-tent

/aɪˈdɛmpətənt/

Four syllables with stress on the second. From Latin 'idem' (same) + 'potent' (powerful). The REST specification uses this term for HTTP methods like GET and PUT.

Source: www.rfc-editor.org(official spec)

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id-em-po-TENT

/ˌɪdɛmpəˈtɛnt/

Stressing the final syllable is incorrect. The stress falls on the second syllable 'dem'.

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