The CAP Theorem is an important foundation for understanding distributed systems. Summarizing all the available literature on CAP and some modern interpretations of the theorem
Consistency - The result of a read at T1 is the same as T2 if there were no writes between T1 and T2. Basically, any read can see any previously completed write.
- Availability - The system is
- Partition Tolerance - The system is able to maintain its guarantees If a network failure prevents communication between some nodes, the system
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