The minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or supermajority.
A selected body of persons.
The minimum number of votes that a distributed transaction has to obtain in order to be allowed to perform an operation in a distributed system.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkwɔː.ɹəm/
Etymology
From Latin quōrum, genitive plural form of quī (“who, which”), used as standard wording in written commissions.