IT:AD:Patterns:ACID
Summary
* Atomic
- Should be called 'Molecular' but MCID didn't sound so good
- Means Do All, or Do Nothing (rollback)
* Consistent
- Leave things in a consistent state when finished
* Isolated
- All operations done individually, as if one user
* Durable
- Once completed/committed, won't get lost (ie, not done just in memory)