5 exercises on pronouncing common API and HTTP terms aloud.
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How is "idempotent" pronounced?
idempotent is pronounced "eye-DEM-poh-tent" /aɪˈdɛmpətənt/ — four syllables, stress on the second ("DEM"), starting with the long "eye" /aɪ/. So "make the endpoint idempotent", "PUT should be idempotent." It means an operation that gives the same result no matter how many times it runs. Do not stress "POH." The opening is "eye-," not "id-."
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How is "payload" pronounced?
payload is said "PAY-load" /ˈpeɪloʊd/ — two syllables, stress on the first, simply "pay" (long /eɪ/) plus "load" (long /oʊ/). So "the request payload", "send the JSON payload." It is a transparent compound. In APIs it means the actual data carried in a request or response body. Do not stress the second syllable or say "PIE-load."
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How is "endpoint" pronounced?
endpoint is pronounced "END-point" /ˈɛndpɔɪnt/ — two syllables, stress on the first, "end" /ɛnd/ plus "point" /pɔɪnt/, both everyday words. So "hit the API END-point", "a REST END-point." It is a plain compound. Do not stress the second syllable. In APIs it means a specific URL that accepts requests.
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How is "webhook" pronounced?
webhook is said "WEB-hook" /ˈwɛbhʊk/ — two syllables, stress on the first, "web" /wɛb/ plus "hook" /hʊk/ (the /ʊ/ vowel as in "book," not the long "oo" of "boot"). So "register a WEB-hook", "the WEB-hook fires on each push." It is a callback delivered over HTTP. Do not stress the second syllable or lengthen the "oo" in "hook."
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How is "cache" (as used in API/HTTP caching) pronounced?
cache is pronounced "cash" /kæʃ/ — one syllable, exactly like the word "cash" (money), short /æ/ vowel, ending in /ʃ/ ("sh"). So "store it in the cache", "a cache hit." Do not say "CAY-shay" or "cashay" (that is the unrelated word "cachet" /kæˈʃeɪ/, meaning prestige). In computing it is always the one-syllable "cash."