Question

Charles and Irene are editors at a content development firm. Both of them, unknowingly, are working on the same copy of the annual report. Irene finishes editing the report and saves her copy; Charles saves his report an hour after Irene. Charles's report overwrites Irene's, and her changes are lost. This scenario is an example of the ________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Lost update program

Explanation:

Based on the scenario being discussed in the question we can see that Charles and Irene unknowingly are working on the same copy of the annual report Charles's report overwrites that of Irene, this scenario is an example of lost update program.

A lost update happens when two transactions that varies are trying to update the same row on the same column within a database. As we see in the case of Charles and Irene.

Answer 2

Answer:

lost-update program

Explanation:

lost-update program is problem that occurs in database system when two different data or transaction are simultaneously saved on the same column and on the same row within a database. This conflict results to the loss of the first part of the saved data because it will be overwritten by the other different data for transaction.

From the question, Charles and Irene are working on the same copy of data, Charles's data overwrite Irene's leading to what is known as lost-update program