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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Acronym of write-ahead logging or write-ahead log. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable

   "In HBase, logs are appended to the WAL before any edit operations (put and increment) are persisted to disk."

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A male given name.; A diminutive of the male given name Wally.
2. 2
   Abbreviation of Wales. abbreviation, alt-of
3. 3
   A male given name.; A diminutive of the male given name Wallace.
4. 4
   A male given name.; A diminutive of the male given name Walter.

Synonyms

All synonyms

write ahead loggingwrite-ahead logwrite-ahead logging

Example

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"In HBase, logs are appended to the WAL before any edit operations (put and increment) are persisted to disk."

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