Platforms
Laws and principles filed under Technology & Computation / Platforms.
Platforms
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Network-value scaling heuristic
Metcalfe's Law
Potential connections, network effects, compatibility, participation, congestion, and the limits of n-squared reasoning.
Distributed systems impossibility result
CAP Theorem
During a network partition, a replicated system cannot guarantee both linearizable consistency and a successful response from every non-failing node.
Protocol robustness principle
Postel's Law
Protocol implementations were advised to send strictly conforming output while accepting a wider range of input, improving early interoperability but also creating ambiguity, ossification, and security risks.
Network architecture principle
End-to-End Principle
Functions that require application-level correctness often cannot be completely implemented inside the network and must be checked at the communicating endpoints.