AI engineering glossary · Data engineering
What is offset?
Offset: A sequential number giving a message's position within a Kafka partition. Consumers record the number they have reached so they can resume after a restart or deliberately replay earlier messages.
Offset: an example
A consumer that crashed at offset 5,000 restarts and continues from 5,001.
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Where you learn it
Offset is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.