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Glossary: PostgreSQL for Developers

ACID

Also written: atomic, consistent, isolated, durable

The four promises a transaction makes: all of it happens or none of it (atomic), constraints hold at commit (consistent), concurrent transactions don't see each other's unfinished work (isolated), and committed changes survive a crash (durable). Leo Park's order is saved completely or not at all.

Where the book teaches it

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transactionisolation level