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CRDT
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en distributed _ computing en w:conflict-free replicated data type.
en 2016 Michael Nash; Wade Waldron Applied Akka Patterns: A Hands-On Guide to Designing Distributed Applications O'Reilly 9781491934838 https://books.google.com/books?id=baCzDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT219&dq=%22CRDTs%22&hl=&cd=12&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22CRDTs%22&f=false These eventually consistent data types are called Conflict-Free Replicated Data Types, or CRDTs. CRDTs are an emerging concept. The idea first appeared in a paper in 2011 by Marc Shapiro et al. At this point, CRDTs are not widely used, but interest in them is growing,particularly for use cases in which a system handles very high volumes of data traffic but still needs to be performant.