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ACID vs Availability

noun

Definition

  1. 1.ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability) and Availability are trade-offs in database systems, where ACID focuses on data integrity and Availability focuses on system uptime.

Example

A NoSQL database might sacrifice ACID properties for higher availability in a distributed system.

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