Trade Offs Glossary

Browse 2 trade offs terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

2 Trade Offs Terms

CAP Theorem

The theorem stating that a distributed data store can provide at most two of three guarantees: Consistency, Availability, and Partition tolerance. Since...

Tech Debt

The accumulated cost of shortcuts, quick fixes, and deferred refactoring in a codebase. Like financial debt, it accrues interest — the longer you leave it, the...

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