For readers who are not familiar with the CAP Theorem, I have provided the definition below courtesy of Wikipedia:

“In theoretical computer science, the CAP theorem, also known as Brewer's theorem, states that it is impossible for a distributed computer system to simultaneously provide all three of the following guarantees:

1.       Consistency - (all nodes see the same data at the same time)

2.       Availability - (a guarantee that every request receives a response about whether it was successful or failed)

3.       Partition tolerance - (the system continues to operate despite arbitrary message loss or failure of part of the system)”

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