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Robustness properties for database transactions

In computer science, ACID is a set of properties of database transactions intended to guarantee data validity despite errors, power failures, and other mishaps. For example, a transfer of funds from one bank account to another, involving multiple changes such as debiting one account and crediting another, is a single transaction. Wikipedia →

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  1. Read the overview: ACIDA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Management of validation of HPLC method for determination of acetylsalicylic acid impurities in a new pharmaceutical productInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: The double helixThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Single-step method of RNA isolation by acid guanidinium thiocyanate-phenol-chloroform extractionCited 43,850 times
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  6. Go sideways: Isolation (database systems)A closely related topic

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Adjective Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.

Adjective Sour-tempered.

Adjective Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.

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