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What does the acronym "REST," commonly used in the context of web APIs, stand for, and what is one of its defining characteristics?

A Remote Execution State Transfer; it requires maintaining server-side session state between every client request
B Representational State Transfer; a stateless architectural style where each client request contains all the information needed for the server to process it
C Reliable Endpoint Service Transfer; it requires all data to be transmitted exclusively in XML format
D Representational Server Transaction; it requires a persistent connection to be maintained between client and server at all times
E Remote Service Transfer; it mandates the use of SOAP-based messaging for all API calls
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