Leader election

Leader election is following the replacement of an existing leader, on failure of a leader or for fairness or load balancing, the process of electing a new entity to perform the leadership activities of coordination.

Definitions

According to the CyBOK (version 1),

Leader election. Following the replacement of an existing leader, on failure of a leader or for fairness or load balancing, the process of electing a new entity to perform the leadership activities of coordination.