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Idempotency vs Idempotence - What's the difference?

idempotency | idempotence |

As nouns the difference between idempotency and idempotence

is that idempotency is idempotence while idempotence is a quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent.

idempotency

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Noun

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  • Idempotence.

    • idempotence

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia idempotence) (-)
  • (mathematics, computing) A quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent.

    • Related terms

    * idempotent * nilpotence * unipotence

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