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# [Constructing Order Without Time](https://chidinma.dev/constructing-order-without-time?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Part 3: How distributed systems track causality

Apr 18 · 9 min read · chidinma.dev  
Updated May 17  
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-   [#system-design](https://hashnode.com/tag/system-design)
-   [#causality](https://hashnode.com/tag/causality)
-   [#backend-engineering](https://hashnode.com/tag/backend-engineering)
-   [#lamport-clocks](https://hashnode.com/tag/lamport-clocks)
-   [#vector-clocks](https://hashnode.com/tag/vector-clocks)
-   [#concurrency](https://hashnode.com/tag/concurrency)
-   [#ordering](https://hashnode.com/tag/ordering)

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