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Byzantine fault

Fault in a computer system that presents different symptoms to different observers
Thing task Q1353446

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
task
Facet of
fault-tolerant computer system[3]
Named after
The Byzantine Generals Problem[2]
Studied by
theory of computation[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en Byzantine fault en Byzantine agreement problem en Byzantine failure en source congruency en interactive consistency en error avalanche en Byzantine generals problem ar مسألة الجنرال البيزنطي ar مشكلة الجنرال البيزنطي ar مشكله الجنرال البيزنطي cs Problém byzantských generálů de Die Aufgabe der byzantinischen Generäle de Byzantinischer Fehler de Byzantinische Fehlertoleranz de Problem der byzantinischen Generäle es problema de los generales bizantinos es tolerancia a faltas bizantinas fa تحمل خطای بیزانس fr probleme des generaux byzantins fr problème des généraux byzantins
🔖 Identifiers · 6
OpenAlex ID
C168021876
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID
ByzantineAgreementProblem, ByzantineGeneralsProblem, byzantine
Freebase ID
/m/03vf1g
Golden ID
Byzantine_fault_tolerance
MathWorld ID
ByzantineGeneralsProblem
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
168021876

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Facet of 1
fault-tolerant computer system
Instance of 1
task
Studied by 1
theory of computation
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Summary

Byzantine fault is a task[1].

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theory of computation

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