Definition of "atomically" []

• In accordance with atoms. (adverb)

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• "VIP swap upgrades entail atomically replacing one entire running instance of your service with another."
• "Added rename (oldpath, newpath) can change a pathname atomically, provided oldpath and newpath are on the same filesystem."
• "Though we use the terms interchangeably many researchers think that emotions and feelings are actually different, that basic emotions such as fear, grief, desire, rage and love are hardwired into our bodies and happen "atomically" while our feelings are processed by the thinking part of our brain, or the cortex."