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In [theoretical computer science](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_computer_science),
the **CAP theorem**, also named **Brewer's theorem** after computer scientist [Eric Brewer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Brewer_(scientist)),
states that any [distributed data store](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_data_store)
can provide only [two of the following three](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilemma) guarantees:
[Consistency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistency_model)
Every read receives the most recent write or an error.
[Availability](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Availability)
Every request receives a (non-error) response, without the guarantee that it contains the most recent write.
[Partition tolerance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_partitioning)
The system continues to operate despite an arbitrary number of messages being dropped (or delayed) by the network between nodes.
CAP theorem
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A knowledge graph is made up of three main components:
nodes, edges, and labels.
Any *object*, *place*, or *person* can be a **node**.
An **edge** defines the *relationship* between the nodes.
For example,
a node could be a client, like IBM, and an agency like, Ogilvy.
An edge would be categorize the relationship as a customer relationship between IBM and Ogilvy.
A represents the subject, B represents the predicate, C represents the object
What is a knowledge graph?
ibm.com
Indeed, *Alan Newell* said something to this effect in 1990:
"The question for me is
how can the human mind occur in the physical universe?
We now know that the world is governed by physics.
We now understand the way biology nestles comfortably within that.
The issue is how will the mind do that as well.
The answer must have the details.
I [need] to know how the gears clank
and how the pistons go
and all the rest of that detail.
My question leads me
to worry about the architecture".
AGI Will Not Happen in Your Lifetime. Or Will It?
Gary Marcus
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