# Assumed Total Consistency And Availability

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

Record: `lexicon: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#lexicon-assumed-total-consistency-and-availability

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Per-Node Independent Ordering](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/per-node-independent-ordering.md) and before [Explicit Consistency/Availability Choice Under Partition](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/explicit-consistency-availability-choice-under-partition.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

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

## Linked from

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