In the database world, a transaction is a block of database operations that should be treated as if the entire block of commands was just a single command. An example would be where your application is performing end-of-the-month payroll processing. In order to maintain the integrity of the database, and your accounting files, you would need this set of operations to be safeguarded in the event of a failure. ACID is an acronym that stands for atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability. It represents a set of principles that the database needs to follow in order to safeguard a block of database updates. For more information on ACID, you can refer to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACID.
In MongoDB 3, a write operation on a single document, even a document containing other embedded documents, was considered atomic. In MongoDB 4.x, multiple documents can be included in a single atomic transaction. Although invoking this support negatively...
