Tag: Reliability

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Glossary Terms

ACID describes Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability, the transaction guarantees that keep database writes reliable.

A database transaction groups reads and writes into one unit of work that either commits completely or rolls back safely.

Idempotency ensures a repeated API or payment request produces one intended result instead of duplicating the operation.

An idempotency key is a unique token on retryable API requests that prevents duplicate payments, orders, or records.

SRE applies software engineering to reliability work, including automation, incident response, capacity planning, and service targets.

SLIs and SLOs define measurable service signals and the reliability targets teams commit to for those signals over time.

Uptime expresses how long a system remains accessible outside planned or unplanned outages, usually as a percentage or time window.