A Design Goal for Distributed Databases That States That Although

question 8

Multiple Choice

A design goal for distributed databases that states that although a distributed database runs many transactions, it appears that a given transaction is the only one in the system is called:

• A) linear run.
• B) concurrency transparency.
• C) transaction CPU transparency.
• D) location transparency.

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