Charles and Irene are editors at a content development firm. Both of them, unknowingly, are working on the same copy of the annual report. Irene finishes editing the report and saves her copy; Charles saves his report an hour after Irene. Charles's report overwrites Irene's, and her changes are lost. This scenario is an example of the ________.
A) lost-update problem
B) crow's-foot paradigm
C) bullwhip effect
D) update query problem
E) bait-and-switch problem

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The situation described is known as the lost-update problem, which occurs when two or more users access the same data simultaneously, and the changes made by one user are overwritten by the changes made by another user.

Charles and Irene Are Editors at a Content Development Firm