Consensus (computer Science)
A fundamental problem in distributed computing is to achieve overall system reliability in the presence of a number of faulty processes. This often requires processes to agree on some data value that is needed during computation. Examples of applications of consensus include whether to commit a transaction to a database, agreeing on the identity of a leader, state machine replication, and atomic broadcasts.
Read more about Consensus (computer Science): Problem Description, Models of Computation, Equivalency of Agreement Problems, Solvability Results For Some Agreement Problems, Some Consensus Protocols, Applications of Consensus Protocols
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“Nothing defines the quality of life in a community more clearly than people who regard themselves, or whom the consensus chooses to regard, as mentally unwell.”
—Renata Adler (b. 1938)