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Atomicity

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Atomicity may refer to:

Chemistry

  • Atomicity (chemistry), the total number of atoms present in 1 molecule of a substance
  • Valence (chemistry), sometimes referred to as atomicity

Computing

  • Atomicity (database systems), a property of database transactions which are guaranteed to either completely occur, or have no effects
  • Atomicity (programming), an operation appears to occur at a single instant between its invocation and its response
  • Atomicity, a property of an S-expression, in a symbolic language like Lisp

Mathematics

  • Atomicity, an element of orthogonality in a component-based system
  • Atomicity, in order theory; see Atom (order theory)

See also

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