transaction
Java
An atomic unit of work that modifies data. A transaction encloses one or more program statements, all of which either complete or roll back. Transactions enable multiple users to access the same data concurrently.
Offshore Banking
Includes any series of related steps carried out as part of a prearranged plan.
- — Abusive Tax Shelters & Transactions Glossary retrieved 2014-05-29
GIS
A logical unit of work performed on a database. A transaction can be terminated by either making permanent or rolling back all updates.
- — GIS Glossary retrieved 2014-05-27
Telecommunications
A unit of work consisting of an arbitrary number of individual operations all of which will either complete successfully or abort with no effect on the intended resources. A transaction has well defined boundaries. A transaction starts with a request from the application program and either completes successfully (commits) or has no effect (abort).Both the commit and abort signify a transaction completion [POSIX.0].