# Explicit Consistency/Availability Choice Under Partition

> The ability to choose deliberately between consistency and availability when a network partition occurs.

Record: `lex:explicit-consistency-availability-choice-under-partition`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-explicit-consistency-availability-choice-under-partition

## 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)