indefinite error
an operation return where the outcome is uncertain; the operation may or may not have executed, exemplified by timeouts
indefinite error in a sentence
“The timeout was an indefinite error — we couldn't tell if the payment had gone through.”
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predicate
a condition identifying a set of objects rather than a single item, such as all rows matching a WHERE clause
process
a logically single-threaded state machine participating in a distributed system
process dependency
a relationship between subsequent operations performed by the same process
real-time dependency
a relationship between operations where one ends before another begins
read-write dependency
a relationship where operation A reads a version and operation B writes the next version of the same object
session dependency
a relationship between operations within a session performed in total order