CAP Theorem

CAP Theorem states distributed systems can only guarantee two of three properties: Consistency (same data across nodes), Availability (system responds to requests), and Partition tolerance (operates despite network failures). Guides distributed system design decisions and database selection.

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• @article@What is CAP Theorem?
• @article@An Illustrated Proof of the CAP Theorem
• @article@Perspectives on the CAP Theorem
• @article@CAP Theorem and its applications in NoSQL Databases
• @video@What is CAP Theorem?