Glossary

Glossary of CQRS related terms

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A

• Aggregate
• Aggregate root
• Anemic domain model
• Anti corruption layer

B

• Bounded context

C

• Collaborative (competitive) apps
• Commands
• Command handler
• CQRS

D

• Denormalization

E

• Event sourcing
• Events
• Event handler
• Event-driven architecture

I

• Idempotent
• Invariant

K

• Kiosk Application

L

• Locking strategies

P

• Projection

R

• Rolling Snapshot
• Repository
• Reporting database

S

• Saga
• State machine

U

• Ubiquitous language