optimistic concurrency

noun

A database model that allows multiple users to update data simultaneously without locking rows.

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Meanings

nounoptimistic concurrency (countable and uncountable, plural optimistic concurrencies)

plural optimistic concurrencies

  1. countableuncountablecomputingA database model that allows multiple users to update data simultaneously without locking rows.
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