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An Illustrated Proof of the CAP Theorem

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* https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/564585.564601

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* Please stop calling databases CP or AP — Martin Kleppmann’s blog

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* https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~adrian/731-sp04/readings/GL-cap.pdf

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* https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/112600.112601

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* A Critique of the CAP Theorem

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