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Add a pointer to leader election. This feels relevant to parts of the industry where "Leader election" has replaced "Master election". (Master election redirects here)
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'''Replication''' in [[computing]] involves sharing information so as to ensure consistency between redundant resources, such as [[software]] or [[computer hardware|hardware]] components, to improve reliability, [[fault-tolerance]], or accessibility.