Circuit Breaker

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Circuit Breaker

Design pattern preventing cascading failures in distributed systems

Part of speech: Noun Category: Information Technology Subcategory: General IT Level: Intermediate

Pronunciation: 🇺🇸 US/ˈsərkət ˈbreɪkər/ 🇬🇧 UK/ˈsəkət ˈbreɪkə/

Definition

Design pattern preventing cascading failures in distributed systems

Examples

Circuit breaker states include: closed, open, half-open, providing failure detection and recovery.

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Circuit Breaker

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Circuit Breaker Explained – Fault Tolerance

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