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Resolve #164 - Fix phrasing with availability and partition tolerance (
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neesara committed Jul 4, 2020
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#### AP - availability and partition tolerance

Responses return the most recent version of the data available on a node, which might not be the latest. Writes might take some time to propagate when the partition is resolved.
Responses return the most readily available version of the data available on any node, which might not be the latest. Writes might take some time to propagate when the partition is resolved.

AP is a good choice if the business needs allow for [eventual consistency](#eventual-consistency) or when the system needs to continue working despite external errors.

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