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Arbitration

Process of granting ownership of the quorum resource. A quorum resource implements the Arbitrate and Release entry point functions in its resource DLL to support arbitration.

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

A high-speed cell-switching network technology for LANs and WANs that handles data and real-time voice and video.

Availability

Continuous operation regardless of failures. Cluster Server is designed to make applications highly available.