# Concurrent Update Detection

> The ability to detect when two updates happened concurrently rather than one causally after the other.

Record: `lex:concurrent-update-detection`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-concurrent-update-detection

## category

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

## referenced-by

- [Vector Clocks](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/vector-clocks.md)