<s>
Sequential	B-General_Concept
consistency	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
consistency	B-General_Concept
model	I-General_Concept
used	O
in	O
the	O
domain	O
of	O
concurrent	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
distributed	B-Operating_System
shared	I-Operating_System
memory	I-Operating_System
,	O
distributed	B-General_Concept
transactions	I-General_Concept
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sequential	B-General_Concept
consistency	I-General_Concept
is	O
weaker	O
than	O
strict	O
consistency	O
,	O
which	O
requires	O
a	O
read	O
from	O
a	O
location	O
to	O
return	O
the	O
value	O
of	O
the	O
last	O
write	O
to	O
that	O
location	O
;	O
strict	O
consistency	O
demands	O
that	O
operations	O
be	O
seen	O
in	O
the	O
order	O
in	O
which	O
they	O
were	O
actually	O
issued	O
.	O
</s>
