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event-driven architecture
/ɪˈvɛnt ˈdrɪv.ən ˈɑːr.kɪ.tɛk.tʃər/ - n.
1 [colloq.] Decoupling, sold as a feature, until someone asks which service owns the order.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.
Working definition
2. A design in which components communicate by producing and reacting to events, decoupling producers from consumers in time and identity.