| Description |
Discusses transaction processing systems. Topics covered include:
models of transactions, including nested transactions and workflows;
architectures of transaction processing systems, including client-server,
two-tiered and three-tiered architectures; concurrency controls for
conventional and relational databases including two-phase locking
and the SQL isolation levels; logging and recovery; distributed transactions
including the two-phase commit protocol; replication; Internet commerce,
including encryption, the SSL and SET protocols, goods atomicity and
electronic cash. |