monotonic writes
if a single process performs two writes, all other processes observe them in that same order
monotonic writes in a sentence
“Monotonic writes ensure version 2 never appears before version 1 on any replica.”
Related Words
read atomic
ensures atomic visibility of transaction updates; either all or none of a transaction's writes are observed
read committed
a consistency level that prohibits dirty writes, aborted reads, intermediate reads, and cyclic information flow
read uncommitted
one of the weakest consistency models; prohibits only dirty writes but permits dirty reads and other phenomena
read your writes
if a process writes a value, its subsequent reads must observe the effects of that write
repeatable read
strengthens read committed by additionally prohibiting single-object anti-dependency cycles
serializability
all transactions appear to execute in some total serial order, prohibiting dirty writes, dirty reads, and anti-dependency cycles