Database Soup - Explaining ACID, BASE, CAP - Part 1

In this episode, we cover the following topics:

In this new series, we are discussing database consistency models explained in three acts. This episode is "Act I: Transaction processing (circa 1973)".
We start with the motivation behind talking about database soup - why are ACID, CAP, and BASE important to understand?
We define transaction processing and its origins. What exactly is a "transaction"?
Transactions are governed by ACID semantics. We define and explain the four characteristics of the ACID acronym::
Atomicity
Consistency
Isolation
Durability
The computer scientist, Jim Gray, came up with the idea of ACID semantics in the late 1970's. We discuss some of the history behind this, along with a bizarre and tragic ending to his story.
We also share a personal story about another important player in transaction processing, Phil Bernstein.

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