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Question: Explain the term 'Circuit Breaker' in microservices.
Answer: A Circuit Breaker is a design pattern used to detect and prevent failures in microservices communication.

Example:

If a service repeatedly fails to respond, the circuit breaker 'trips' and prevents further requests for a predefined time.
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