Atomic vs Transaction - What's the difference?
atomic | transaction |
(physics, chemistry) Of or relating to atoms
Of or employing nuclear energy or processes
Infinitesimally small
Unable to be split or made any smaller
(computing) Said of an operation that is guaranteed to either complete fully, or not at all.
The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).
A deal or business agreement.
An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
(finance) The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account.
(computing) An atomic operation; a message, data modification, or other procedure that is guaranteed to perform completely or not at all (e.g. a database transaction).
(especially in plural) A record of the proceedings of a learned society
In computing terms the difference between atomic and transaction
is that atomic is said of an operation that is guaranteed to either complete fully, or not at all while transaction is an atomic operation; a message, data modification, or other procedure that is guaranteed to perform completely or not at all (e.g. a database transaction).As an adjective atomic
is of or relating to atoms.As a noun transaction is
the act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).atomic
English
Adjective
- A stream of atomic hydrogen is emitted
- We built a small atomic bomb in the garage
- The hairs on a bedbug are almost atomic
- A bit is an atomic item of data
- In order to avoid race conditions, this operation has to be atomic