# Network Partition Possibility

> The requirement that a distributed design account for the possibility of network partitions.

Record: `lex:network-partition-possibility`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-network-partition-possibility

## 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)