A major type of networked and shared database application where transactions (such as purchasing an airline ticket) from multiple simultaneous users are immediately recorded in a database (or collection of databases), and where the database remains in a continuous state of updated and current transition. Transaction processing implies the existence of a robust underlying management system that ensures the integrity of the database against which the transactions are made, as well as the ability to recover the database to a known point of existence in the event of a hardware or software crash.
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