25 key terms for speaking Distributed Systems and Temporal

This post defines and explains 25 key terms related to distributed systems and Temporal, including 'durable execution', 'concurrency', 'scalability', 'reliability', 'eventual consistency', 'strong consistency', 'CAP Theorem', 'ACID', 'atomicity', 'isolation', 'durability', 'idempotent function', 'deterministic function', 'platform', 'application', 'event sourcing', 'Temporal', 'Worker', 'Workflow', 'Activity', 'Query', 'Signal', 'retry', 'Cluster', and 'History'. It aims to provide a foundational understanding for conversations around these topics.