Glossary term
What is tiebreaker (Tiebreaker column)?
tiebreaker stands for Tiebreaker column.
A unique column (usually the ID) added to the sort, so rows with equal values always keep the same order.
Learn it properly · Practical Design ProblemsLesson 3: Design Pagination: Offset vs Cursor (Keyset)Why a large OFFSET is slow, how keyset paging works with a stable sort and a tiebreaker, opaque cursors and GraphQL connections.