The CAP Theorem: Balancing the Big Three in Distributed Databases

The CAP theorem, also known as Brewer’s theorem (named after computer scientist Eric Brewer), defines a fundamental trade-off in distributed systems: any distributed data store can provide only two out of three guarantees at any time:&#xA;C: Consistency A: Availability P: Partition Tolerance What Do These Terms Mean? Consistency (C): Every read receives the most recent write or an error. This…