Byzantine fault tolerance

English

Noun

Byzantine fault tolerance (usually uncountable, plural Byzantine fault tolerances)

1. (computing) The dependability of a fault-tolerant (distributed) computer system, where components may fail without perfect information about the state of the components.

   Synonym: BFT

   • 2020, Joseph Holbrook, Architecting Enterprise Blockchain Solutions, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 121:

     Byzantine fault tolerance (BFT) came about since it represents a valid solution to the Byzantine Generals Problem. BFT is a crucial part of an effective blockchain platform, and there are multiple ways in which tolerance can be implemented.

Translations

dependability of a fault-tolerant computer system

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} مَسْأَلَةُ الْجَنَرَالِ البِيزَنْطِي f (masʔalatu l-janarāli l-bīzanṭī)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拜占庭容錯 (bàizhàntíng róngcuò)

• Finnish: bysanttilainen vikasietoisuus
• German: byzantinische Fehlertoleranz f
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} bysantinska generalsproblem n

See also

• Byzantine attack

Further reading

• Byzantine fault on Wikipedia.Wikipedia