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by glic3rinu 2822 days ago
The C in there is for "Strong Consistency"; CAP allows for lessers forms of consistency, like "Eventual Consistency", without giving up on Availability.
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Well yes but that’s not what we are talking about here. And “eventual consistency” is not “consistency”. And I would argue that “eventual consistency” is not consistent since it can result in fake states since it’s not consistent.