Computer Science · Distributed Systems
The CAP Theorem
A topic within Distributed Systems, itself one of 12 topics in that field and part of Computer Science.
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- PaperTime, Clocks, and the Ordering of Events in a Distributed SystemLeslie Lamport, 1978· 8 pages
Defines happened-before and logical clocks, giving distributed systems a usable notion of order without shared time.