# Single Global Clock Assumption

> Assuming a single global clock orders all events, which fails across distributed nodes with independent clocks.

Record: `lexicon:single-global-clock-assumption`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-single-global-clock-assumption

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Node Identity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/node-identity.md) and before [Version Vector](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/version-vector.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

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

## Linked from

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