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1. CAP theorem The CAP theorem is one of the most famous terms in computer science. Let’s examine what it is and why it can be confusing. CAP theorem states that a distributed system can’t provide more than two of these three guarantees simultaneously. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲: consistency means all clients see the same data at the same time no matter which node they connect to. 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: availability means any client which requests data gets a response even if some of the nodes are down. 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓...