# Assumed Total Consistency And Availability

> Assuming a distributed system can be fully consistent and available at once, ignoring partitions that force a choice.

Record: `lex:assumed-total-consistency-and-availability`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-assumed-total-consistency-and-availability

## category

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)

## referenced-by

- [CAP Theorem](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/cap-theorem.md)