example, if your application asks for a <code>Person</code> with an ID of
<code>1</code>, how should Ember load it? Over HTTP or a WebSocket?  If
it's HTTP, is the URL <code>/person/1</code> or <code>/resources/people/1</code>?</p>
<p>The adapter is responsible for answering all of these questions.
Whenever your app asks the store for a record that it doesn't have
cached, it will ask the adapter for it. If you change a record and save
it, the store will hand the record to the adapter to send the
appropriate