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2006-07-01 01:53:56 · 2 answers · asked by Pradnya P 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
It depends.
If you're talking chemistry, then atomicity is just the state of being composed of atoms, or (more technically) the number of atoms in a molecule: The atomicity of water is 3. See the first link, below.
If you're a computer scientist or software engineer, the term atomicity is used to describe the character of things that go on in a database. "Atomicity" in that sense means whether or not a database transaction commits or happens, and is whether is happens completely or not. If you're changing a record with lots of fields, atomicity ensures that the entire record changes. It's kind of complicated (but is very handy if you're a database programmer). See the second link below for more info on this kind of atomicity.
2006-07-01 02:02:21 · answer #1 · answered by dougdell 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
An exceptionally bad stomach ache.
2006-07-01 01:57:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋