atomicity
nounUK /ˌætəˈmɪsəti/
US /ˌætəˈmɪsəti/
Atomicity means something is treated as one whole piece that cannot be split into smaller parts.
The atomicity of the database transaction ensured that the money transfer either fully happened or did not happen at all.
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2. In computing, the property of an operation that either completes entirely or has no effect at all.
Atomicity guarantees that a crash during a file write will not leave a half-written file.
3. In chemistry, the number of atoms in a molecule of an element.
The atomicity of oxygen gas is two, since each molecule contains two oxygen atoms.
4. The state of being made up of atoms.
Scientists studied the atomicity of the newly discovered material.