# Consumer

> A component that receives and processes messages from a queue or topic.

Record: `lex:consumer`
Kind: mechanism
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-consumer

## category

- [Event Messaging Async](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/event-messaging-async.md)

## referenced-by

- [Message Queue](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/message-queue.md)