The changes are thus said to be atomic (not divisible) in that they either succeed (succeeded originally or are replayed completely during recovery), or are not replayed at all (are skipped because they had not yet been completely written to the journal before the crash occurred).
Modificările sunt astfel atomice (sau indivizibile) prin aceea că fie au succes (au avut succes dinainte de cădere sau au fost reefectuate cu succes la recuperare), fie nu sunt reefectuate deloc (sunt sărite, deoarece nu au apucat să fie scrise complet în jurnal).