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Partition tolerance refers to a property of distributed systems that guarantees they will continue to operate, at least partially, even when the network experiences partitions. A network partition occurs when communication breaks down between different nodes or groups of nodes in a distributed system, effectively dividing it into isolated segments. In such a scenario, nodes in one segment cannot communicate with nodes in another.
A system that is partition tolerant aims to maintain availability and data consistency to the greatest extent
The concept of partition tolerance is often discussed in the context of the CAP theorem, which states
Systems designed with partition tolerance in mind prioritize continuing to function rather than halting operations entirely.