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Message Queue

Message Queue

Definition

A message queue is a form of asynchronous communication where producers place messages in a queue and consumers process them at their own pace. Queues provide durability (messages persist if the consumer is offline), load leveling (smooth out traffic spikes), and work distribution across multiple consumers.

RabbitMQ, AWS SQS, and Apache Kafka are widely used message queuing systems.


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