beginnerNoSQL Fundamentals — CAP, BASE & Eventual Consistency
What is the difference between ACID and BASE?
ACID (traditional relational): Atomicity (all-or-nothing), Consistency (valid state transitions), Isolation (concurrent transactions don't interfere), Durability (committed data survives crashes). Strong guarantees; single-node or expensive distributed coordination. BASE (NoSQL): Basically Available (system always responds), Soft State (state can change without explicit writes — replicas syncing),
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