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Byzantine fault tolerances

Byzantine fault tolerances is the plural of Byzantine fault tolerance.

Meaning of Byzantine fault tolerance

Noun

Byzantine fault tolerance (usually uncountable, plural Byzantine fault tolerances)

  1. (usually) The dependability of a fault-tolerant (distributed) computer system, where components may fail without perfect information about the state of the components.
    • Byzantine fault tolerance (BFT) came about since it represents a valid solution to the Byzantine Generals Problem. BFT is a crucial part of an effective blockchain platform, and there are multiple ways in which tolerance can be implemented.2020, Joseph Holbrook, Architecting Enterprise Blockchain Solutions, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 121
    Synonyms:
    BFT

Questions about Byzantine fault tolerances

What is Byzantine fault tolerances the plural of?
Byzantine fault tolerances is the plural of Byzantine fault tolerance.

Words near Byzantine fault tolerances in the dictionary

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