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Jitter spreads a herd

Jitter is the general antidote to synchronization.

Clients
clients retrying together
Jitter window
the width of the jitter window
Natural spread
how spread out the clients are without jitter

Recurring principle: Randomization replaces coordination

Worked examples, recomputed

Every number the mechanisms quote for this relationship is recomputed from it, so none of them disagrees with it.

Where it appears

Each mechanism states it in its own names. The general symbol each name stands for is shown with it.