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CAP

networking

Consistency, Availability, Partition tolerance — a theorem stating a distributed system can only guarantee two of these three properties simultaneously

Pronunciation

Correct

kap

/kæp/

One syllable, pronounced like the English word 'cap'. Named after the CAP theorem proposed by Eric Brewer in 2000. Always spoken as a word, not spelled out.

Source: dl.acm.org(official spec)

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