CAP Theorem

Quick Definition

Theorem on Consistency, Availability, Partition tolerance trade-offs

Distributed stores can only guarantee two of Consistency, Availability, and Partition tolerance.

distributed databases, system design, trade-offs

distributed-systems consistency

Version-controlled changes to database schema

NoSQL database storing data as flexible JSON-like documents

Virtual table defined by a SQL query

Copying data between servers for redundancy

Standard language for managing and querying databases

Organized collection of structured data for storage and retrieval