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By Mike Chapple, About.com Guide to Databases since 2000

ACID Model

Sunday December 21, 2003
The ACID Model is one of the oldest and most important concepts of database theory. It sets forward four goals that every database management system must strive to achieve: atomicity, consistency, isolation and durability.

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