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From: Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Serial, concurrent, parallel
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:06:04 -0700
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On 1/16/2025 9:16 AM, Martin Brown wrote:
> On 16/01/2025 12:03, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
>> Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> ... Especially as so many people seem to use spreadsheets
>>> in lieu of (real) databases.  :<
>>
>> As far as I can see, a databse is just a spreadsheet that has been
>> crippled by having all the cells on each line tied together
> 
> Real databases implement some form of content addressable storage.

Atomicity
Consistency
Isolation
Durability

These don't just apply to the *data* stored therein but, also, to
any other mechanisms that are associated with the data (e.g., indexes,
constraints, triggers, etc.)